Hinton v. Commonwealth

Upon the trial of the general issue, on an indictment found against James Hinton, for selling “spirituous liquors “ by retail, in quantities less than a quart, in a house “ kept by him for that purpose,” and also for “keeping a “ tippling house, without having a license to keep a tav- “ era” — the Commonwealth having proved that, on one occasion, he had sold whiskey by the quart, at twelve and a half cents a quart, and that it was drunk in his house — the Circuit judge decided, that the testimony was admissible, and instructed the jury, that the fact of selling liquor “ in any quantity, to be…