State v. Roberts
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment for selling spirituous liquor to George E. Getchell, August 16,1874. Evidence was offered on behalf of the prosecution, tending to show that on Sunday, Aug. 16, 1874, in the forenoon, the respondent sold three drinks of spirituous liquor to George E. Getchell, for which he received thirty cents; also, that in the afternoon of the same day the wife of the respondent sold one pint of spirituous liquor to the same Getchell.
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Indictment for selling spirituous liquor to George E. Getchell, August 16,1874. Evidence was offered on behalf of the prosecution, tending to show that on Sunday, Aug. 16, 1874, in the forenoon, the respondent sold three drinks of spirituous liquor to George E. Getchell, for which he received thirty cents; also, that in the afternoon of the same day the wife of the respondent sold one pint of spirituous liquor to the same Getchell. The defendant testified, in substance, that he did not sell any liquor on that day; that he never authorized his wife or his daughter to sell any liquor to anybody…
1Opinion of the Court
* ’Foster, C. J., 0. C.
The respondent was charged with having sold liquor on a specified day to George E. Getcliell.
In his behalf, his daughter testified that she did not know that her father sold any liquor on that day to Getcliell, and that she did not sell him any.
On cross-examination, it was clearly competent to inquire, as preliminary to an effort to contradict her, whether she did not tell Getchell’s wife that her husband treated once on that day ; and no objection was made to this inquiry. Whether lie treated or not was a material fact, tending to show a purchase of liquor from the…
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