Commonwealth v. Brennan

The defendant was convicted in the Superior Court upon a complaint which charged him with the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors on April 21, 1927. He was a salesman in the employ of the Virginia Dare Extract Company, a concern engaged in the manufacture and sale of flavoring extracts which were sold to various grocery stores and jobbers.

On the day alleged in the complaint one Heaton, a police officer of Melrose, bought from the defendant a bottle labelled “Genuine Claret Punch (Clara) Concentrate,” and containing twenty-two ounces of a liquid which the Commonwealth contended was…