Commonwealth v. Harper

This complaint, under the Pub. Sts. c. 100, § IT, charges that the defendant, on June-12,1886, brought into Worcester spirituous and intoxicating liquors, he having reasonable cause to believe that such liquors were intended to be sold in violation of law. The evidence showed that the defendant brought into Worcester from Millbury various packages of liquors, some of which were consigned to one Dolan. It was necessary for the government to show that the consignee intended to sell the liquors in violation of law. For this purpose the evidence of the assistant marshal, as to his search of…