Commonwealth v. Crane

This is a complaint under the St. of 1891, c. 412, § 4, for selling oleomargarine from a wagon, at a time and place mentioned, the defendant “ not having then and there on both sides of said vehicle the placard, in uncondensed Gothic letters not less than three inches in length, 6 Licensed to sell Oleomargarine.’ ” The statute in question requires such a placard to be placed “ on both sides ” of the vehicle. The defendant’s wagon was a covered one, with the front and rear ends open. On the inside of the cover on each side was a placard, in form and size such as the statute requires. These…