Commonwealth v. Coshey
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 145, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Indiana Co., Dec. Sessions, 1913, No. 83, on verdict of güilty in case of Commonwealth v. Geo. M. Coshey. Indictment for selling liquor without a license.
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Appeal, No. 145, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Indiana Co., Dec. Sessions, 1913, No. 83, on verdict of güilty in case of Commonwealth v. Geo. M. Coshey. Indictment for selling liquor without a license. Before Telford, P. J. The court charged in part as follows; [The defendants, James Dunn, George Coshey, A. A. Stickle, D. G. Halferty and Joseph McMasters, are charged in this indictment, which you will have under consideration, in two counts, each count being a charge of selling liquor without a license. The defendants are employees of the Loyalhanna Brewing Company.…
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Opinion by
Oklady, J.,
This defendant was an employee of the Independent Brewing Company of Pittsburg, which corporation was the owner of a brewery located at Latrobe, Westmoreland county, the latter corporation plant was known as the Loyalhanna Brewery, and held a brewer’s license granted by the court of quarter sessions of that county. The sales involved in this case were made by this defendant in Indiana county. The indictment was drawn under sec. 15, of the Act of May 13, 1887, P. L. 108. The defendant while admitting that the sales were made, contended that they were proper and lawful by…
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