Commonwealth v. Shaw
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three complaints on the St. of 1869, o. 415, § 36, for keeping intoxicating liquors with intent to sell the same in violation of law. The first complaint charged the offence to have been committed on July 3, 1873, at Northampton.
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Three complaints on the St. of 1869, o. 415, § 36, for keeping intoxicating liquors with intent to sell the same in violation of law. The first complaint charged the offence to have been committed on July 3, 1873, at Northampton. At the trial in the Superior Court, on appeal, before Dewey, J., Elijah N. Sampson, a state constable, testified as follows; “ On July 3, 1873, I took a search-warrant to search the premises of Michael Connor, opposite the Fitch Hotel; passed in through the front door into the bar room, and found the defendant and another man. On looking the bar over, found four…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
In each of these three cases, the sufficiency of the evidence to be submitted to the jury is so clear that a recapitulation or discussion of it could serve no useful purpose.
Exceptions overruled.
2Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. FinnertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892