Legal Opinion
Pervear v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 29, 1867PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
72 U.S. 475 (____)
5 Wall. 475
PERVEAR
v.
THE COMMONWEALTH.
Supreme Court of United States.
Mr. Sennott for Pervear, plaintiff in error.
Mr. Reed, Attorney-General of Massachusetts, contra.
The CHIEF JUSTICE, after stating the case as already given, delivered the opinion of the court.
We have already decided at this term that the first proposition of the plea in this case is no bar to an indictment under a State law taxing or prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors
The second proposition of the plea is nothing more than a different form of the first. Both are identical in substance.
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