Commonwealth v. Mondalek
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 73, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. of Fayette County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 59, in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mike Mondalek. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. Before Beppert, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 73, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from sentence of Q. S. of Fayette County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 59, in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mike Mondalek. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. Before Beppert, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Assignments of error were various rulings on evidence, charge of the court and refusal to quash the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The defendant was convicted of selling liquor without a license. The evidence showed numerous sales of a compound called Jamaica ginger which was shown to have contained 89 per cent of alcohol. The evidence was abundant and not contradicted. Many sales were made by the defendant to different persons. He and his wife conducted a grocery and confectionery business. They maintained a soda fountain and the “Jamaica Ginger” was mixed with soda water and drunk at times in the store, at other times it was taken away. About thirty-six hundred bottles of the compound were found…
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