State v. O'Connell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. This was an indictment against tlie defendant for being a common seller of intoxicating liquors. At the trial, the government introduced in evidence a sworn copy of the record of special taxes, paid in the office of the U. S. collector of internal revenue, for the district of Maine, upon which the name of the defendant appears, his business being designated under the initials R. L. D. at Belfast and the amount of taxes paid $16.67 on Sept. 23, 1887 and for the…
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On exceptions. This was an indictment against tlie defendant for being a common seller of intoxicating liquors. At the trial, the government introduced in evidence a sworn copy of the record of special taxes, paid in the office of the U. S. collector of internal revenue, for the district of Maine, upon which the name of the defendant appears, his business being designated under the initials R. L. D. at Belfast and the amount of taxes paid $16.67 on Sept. 23, 1887 and for the period ending April 30, 1888. This copy was supported by the evidence of a witness who had compared it with the…
1Opinion of the Court
Foster,, J.
The respondent was tried upon an indictment against him for being a common seller of intoxicating liquors.
1. Exceptions were taken to the admission in evidence of a copy of the record of special taxes, kept by the collector of internal revenue, showing that the respondent had taken out a United States license as a retail liquor dealer.
A witness for the government testified that he had compared the copy with the record, and that it was a true copy thereof.
Such copy, sustained by the oath of the person making the comparison, was admissible in evidence. It came in as an “examined…
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