Commonwealth v. Coughlin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, received and sworn to on January 8,1902, in the Second District Court of Eastern Worcester, charging that the defendant on Sunday, January 5,1902, at Clinton, did expose and beep for sale intoxicating liquors with intent unlawfully to sell the same.
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Complaint, received and sworn to on January 8,1902, in the Second District Court of Eastern Worcester, charging that the defendant on Sunday, January 5,1902, at Clinton, did expose and beep for sale intoxicating liquors with intent unlawfully to sell the same. At the trial in the Superior Court before Fox, J., it appeared, that the defendant was the keeper of a hotel in Clinton known as the Clinton House, and that he held for a term expiring on April 30, 1902, an innholder’s license, and licenses to sell intoxicating liquors of the first and fourth classes, upon the Clinton House premises. At…
1Opinion of the CourtLosing, J.
This is a complaint for keeping liquor with intent to sell the same contrary to law. The prisoner had an innkeep*562er’s license for the Clinton House and licenses to sell liquor of the first and fourth classes. The evidence of an intent to sell contrary to law consisted in testimony to sales made before eleven o’clock, P. M., on Sunday, to persons who did not resort to the hotel for food or lodging, and to sales made after eleven, P. M.
One Bartlett, a deputy sheriff and the complainant in the case, was called as a witness for the government. He testified to having taken out a search warrant and…
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- Commonwealth v. McNeffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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