Commonwealth v. Loewe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint, for bringing intoxicating liquors from the town of Acton into the town of Maynard, on July 7, 1893, the defendants having reasonable cause to believe that the same were intended for sale in Maynard in violation of law. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Lilley, J., the jury returned a verdict of guilty against both defendants; and they alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
The government introduced evidence which, taken by itself, tended to prove that the defendants were bringing the intoxicating liquors into the town of Maynard to a place *519belonging to one Julius Loewe, and that the place was used for the unlawful sale of such liquors. As we understand the exceptions, licenses of the first five classes named in Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 10, were not granted in Maynard at the time. The defendants put in evidence tending to explain the testimony of the government witnesses, and to contradict the inferences to be drawn from it, to the effect that the liquors were…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sweetser v. BatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Killam v. PeirceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Commonwealth v. HarperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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