Commonwealth v. Pollak
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 85, April T., 1907, by defendant, from judgment of S. Butler Co., March T., 1906, No 48, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Joseph Poliak. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. Before Gal-breath, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion'of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty, upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned were the various instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.;
The defendant was engaged in the grocery business in Lyndora, a suburb of Butler in Butler county. His conviction was for selling liquor without a license. Numerous foreigners working in the vicinity went to the defendant’s store to procure beer. Some of them were unable to read or write. The defendant had in connection with his business an agency of the American Express Company and when one of his customers applied for beer it was his practice to sell him a money order of the express company and forward this order to a brewing company at New Castle, together'with the…
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