Commonwealth v. Vahey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a tenement in Watertown used for the illegal sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors, from June 1 to July 23, 1889. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., there was evidence tending to show that the defendant lived with his wife and children in the tenement in question; that during the time alleged, persons were seen going to and coming from the defendant’s premises, some of them…
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Complaint for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a tenement in Watertown used for the illegal sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors, from June 1 to July 23, 1889. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., there was evidence tending to show that the defendant lived with his wife and children in the tenement in question; that during the time alleged, persons were seen going to and coming from the defendant’s premises, some of them under the influence of liquor; that on July 20, 1889, certain police officers searched the premises and found in the kitchen…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The only question before us is whether there was any evidencé in the case which fairly showed that the liquor in Rattigan’s house was kept there by the defendant for sale in his own house. As bearing upon this question, all the evidence indicating that sales were made in his house was competent, together with the facts that Rattigan was his brother-in-law; that Rattigan’s house was only fifty feet away ; that three jugs were found there, containing the same kind of liquor as that of which a small quantity was found in the defendant’s house ; that there was a little whiskey in the can in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Certain Intoxicating LiquorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Commonwealth v. McCullowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
3Cited by3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Commonwealth v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Commonwealth v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893