Commonwealth v. Keenan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Indictment, in two counts, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, á tenement in Sandwich used for the illegal sale and keeping of intoxicating liquors, from January 1, 1888, to October 12, 1888, and for unlawfully keeping for sale such liquors on June 10, 1888. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., the government offered the testimony of several officers, claiming to act under the authority of a search-warrant, tending to show the finding…
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Indictment, in two counts, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, á tenement in Sandwich used for the illegal sale and keeping of intoxicating liquors, from January 1, 1888, to October 12, 1888, and for unlawfully keeping for sale such liquors on June 10, 1888. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., the government offered the testimony of several officers, claiming to act under the authority of a search-warrant, tending to show the finding by them of intoxicating liquors, and bottles that had recently contained such liquors, in the cellar of a building,…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
1. No exception appears to have been taken to the evidence of what the officers found in the defendant’s building. The evidence would have been admissible, even if their search had not been authorized by their warrant. Commonwealth v. Welsh, 110 Mass. 359. Commonwealth v. McCue, 121 Mass. 358. Commonwealth v. Henderson, 140 Mass. 303.
2. There was a window and a mechanical contrivance, by which a man behind the bar, in the alleged bar-room, could see and exclude persons who entered the front room. In order to show that these were innocent contrivances, evidence was offered that, in other…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Doyle v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Commonwealth v. BriantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Commonwealth v. CliffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Commonwealth v. HayesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Commonwealth v. WelshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
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- People v. . AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Commonwealth v. WilkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Carmody v. Boston Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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