Marxhausen v. Commonwealth

The defendant was convicted in the hustings court of this city of retailing ardent spirits without a license, and a fine of one hundred dollars assessed against him by the jury. The judge of that court, in addition to the fine, sentenced him to imprisonment in the city jail for thirty days. The defendant applied for and obtained a writ of error from this court.

The offence with which he is charged was committed in the months of May and June, 1877.

At that time the registers known as the “Moffett registers,” provided for by the act of March 30lh, 1877, had not been supplied to the city of…