State v. Intoxicating Liquors
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Seven search and seizure cases where certain intoxicating liquors shipped from different points without the State, were seized from time to time while in the freight shed of the Maine Central Railroad Company in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, on warrants issued by the Municipal Court of Lewiston charging that the liquors were deposited within the State for the purpose of illegal sale.
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On report. Seven search and seizure cases where certain intoxicating liquors shipped from different points without the State, were seized from time to time while in the freight shed of the Maine Central Railroad Company in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, on warrants issued by the Municipal Court of Lewiston charging that the liquors were deposited within the State for the purpose of illegal sale. The seized liquors were all duly libeled and at the hearings on the libels the Maine Central Railroad Company appeared and claimed the liquors. In each case the Municipal Court held that the seizure…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
Seven cases are considered in this opinion, each involving the single question of constructive delivery of intoxicating *465liquors by a common carrier under the so-called Wilson Act. No •other question is raised either by the State or claimant of the liquors seized. The facts disclose that certain intoxicating liquors were shipped from different points without the State arriving at different times by way of the Maine Central Railroad at its freight station in the city of Lewiston. All the goods were shipped in the names of local firms who did not order nor claim them, or to fictitious names,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Heyman v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Brewer Lumber Co. v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Jeffris v. Fitchburg RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Harding Paper Co. v. AllenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bell v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1916