Commonwealth v. Leighton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint to the Police Court of Marlborough, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a certain tenement in Marlborough, used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors, on September 8, 1884, and on divers other days and times between that day and January 20, 1885. Trial in the Superior Court, before Gardner, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: The defendant was a licensed innholder, and justified under licenses…
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Complaint to the Police Court of Marlborough, for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance, to wit, a certain tenement in Marlborough, used for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors, on September 8, 1884, and on divers other days and times between that day and January 20, 1885. Trial in the Superior Court, before Gardner, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: The defendant was a licensed innholder, and justified under licenses of the first and fourth classes to sell intoxicating liquors, duly issued to him by the selectmen of Marlborough. There…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
There was evidence, proper for the consideration of the jury, tending to show that the defendant illegally sold intoxicating liquors on the Lord’s day to persons who were not guests. The court properly submitted the case to the jury.
Exceptions overruled.
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