Commonwealth v. Shinfield

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

The defendant was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors. The assignments of error all relate to the charge of the court and are presented under a general exception to the charge. They complain of (a) certain “important misstatements of fact”; (b) the inadequacy of the charge. The argument of the learned counsel for the appellant involves a consideration of the facts as exhibited in the testimony. The defendant was the lessee of a two-story brick building, No. 633 Dickinson Street in the City of Philadelphia which had been occupied for some years…