Commonwealth v. Finnegan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint under the St. of 1875, o. 99, § 6, el. 4, charging a sale of intoxicating liquor to Robert E. Devine, a minor, on May 30, 1877. Trial in the Superior Court, before Allen, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in .substance as follows: The government introduced evidence tending to show that, on May 30, 1877, Devine, who was a minor, and two other boys, made up the sum of twenty-five cents, for the purpose of buying whiskey; and that he subsequently, with one of the…
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Complaint under the St. of 1875, o. 99, § 6, el. 4, charging a sale of intoxicating liquor to Robert E. Devine, a minor, on May 30, 1877. Trial in the Superior Court, before Allen, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in .substance as follows: The government introduced evidence tending to show that, on May 30, 1877, Devine, who was a minor, and two other boys, made up the sum of twenty-five cents, for the purpose of buying whiskey; and that he subsequently, with one of the boys, went to the defendant’s place of business and bought of him a bottle of whiskey. The defendant admitted the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The instructions given were correct and sufficient. St. 1875, c. 99, § 6, cl. 4. Commonwealth v. Lattinville, 120 Mass. 385. Roberge v. Burnham, ante, 277.
Exceptions overruled.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. LattinvilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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