Vigliotti v. Pennsylvania

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the court.

In the. Court of Quarter Sessions of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vigliotti was found guilty of selling, during the spring of 1920, spirituous liquor without a license, in violation of § 15 of the Act of May 13, 1887, P. L. 108, known as the Brooks Law. The liquor so sold was a preparation called Jamaica Ginger containing 88 per cent, of alcohol. The defendant claimed seasonably that the state law as applied deprived him -of rights guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, because the sales complained of had been made after January 16,…