Commonwealth v. Huntley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The first case was a complaint to the Municipal Court of Boston, alleging that the defendants exposed for sale oleomargarine contrary to the provisions of the St. of 1891, c. 58. Trial in the Superior Court, on appeal, before Sherman, J., who, after a verdict for the Commonwealth, reported the case for the determination of this court.
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The first case was a complaint to the Municipal Court of Boston, alleging that the defendants exposed for sale oleomargarine contrary to the provisions of the St. of 1891, c. 58. Trial in the Superior Court, on appeal, before Sherman, J., who, after a verdict for the Commonwealth, reported the case for the determination of this court. The second case was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, after the petitioner had been convicted in the Municipal Court of Boston of a sale of oleomargarine, had been sentenced to pay a fine and to stand committed until the sentence had been performed, and…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
These cases arise under St. 1891, c. 58, entitled, “An Act to prevent deception in the manufacture and sale of imitation butter.”
In the first case, the defendants were convicted in the Superior Court of making a sale of oleomargarine at retail, not in the original unbroken package in which it was brought into this State; and the justice who presided at the trial reported the case to this court.
In the second case, the petitioner was convicted in the Municipal Court of Boston of making a sale of oleomargarine, and was sentenced to pay a fine, and to stand committed until the sentence should be…
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