Commonwealth v. Silverman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, received and sworn to in the Police Court of Holyoke on September 21, 1914, under R. L. c. 102, §§ 29-32, charging the defendant with being a dealer in and the keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale and barter of junk and old metals in the city of Holyoke without a license, the complaint containing three counts &s described in the opinion.
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Complaint, received and sworn to in the Police Court of Holyoke on September 21, 1914, under R. L. c. 102, §§ 29-32, charging the defendant with being a dealer in and the keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale and barter of junk and old metals in the city of Holyoke without a license, the complaint containing three counts &s described in the opinion. In the Superior Court the defendant was tried before Hamilton, J., the facts as agreed to by the parties being stated in the opinion. The material portion of an ordinance of the city of Holyoke adopted under the provisions of § 29 of the statute…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The first count of the complaint charges the defendant with being a dealer in and keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of old metals, in Holyoke, without being duly licensed therefor by its board of aldermen.
The second count charges the same offence, except that it specifies sixteen different dates.
The third count alleges that the defendant was a keeper of a *554shop for the purchase, sale and barter of junk, without being duly-licensed therefor.
The report states that the defendant had not the license referred to in R. L. c. 102, § 29, during the year 1914, in Holyoke, but that he…
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