Commonwealth v. Calhane
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint on the Pub. Sts. c. 101, §§ 6, 7, to the Police Court of Haverhill for keeping a common nuisance. Trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., who, after a verdict of guilty, reported the case for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
This is a complaint under the Pub. Sts. c. 101, §§ 6, 7, for keeping and maintaining a tenement used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors on August 1, 1890, and on divers other days and times between that day and September 16, 1890.
At the trial in the Superior Court, on appeal, the government relied upon sales made by the defendant of several bottles of intoxicating liquors on August 15, 1890, at the place mentioned in the complaint.
It was admitted, for the purposes of the case, that the defendant was the agent of certain wholesale dealers in New York, who shipped…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Leisy v. HardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Beer Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- In Re RahrerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Commonwealth v. Certain Intoxicating LiquorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
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- City of Indianapolis v. BielerIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
- State ex rel. Bartlett v. FraserNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1891
- State v. LordSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1891
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