Commonwealth v. Jessup
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong county : No. 120, to October and November Term 1869. At June Sessions 1868, of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong county, 0. C. Jessup was indicted for that he did “knowingly and wilfully furnish, sell and give, and cause and permit to be furnished, sold and given, intoxicating drinks, to wit, whiskey, brandy, gin, wine, ale and beer, to a certain George Bellas and others, they, the said George Bellas, &c., at that…
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Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong county : No. 120, to October and November Term 1869. At June Sessions 1868, of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong county, 0. C. Jessup was indicted for that he did “knowingly and wilfully furnish, sell and give, and cause and permit to be furnished, sold and given, intoxicating drinks, to wit, whiskey, brandy, gin, wine, ale and beer, to a certain George Bellas and others, they, the said George Bellas, &c., at that time being minors under the age of twenty-one years, and the said C. C. Jessup, knowing them, the said George Bellas,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, November 4th 1869, by
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The defendant was indicted under the Act of the 8th May, 1854, for wilfully furnishing intoxicating drinks, by sale or gift, to minors, arid on the 8th September 1868, he pleaded guilty, and on the 3d March 1869, the court arrested the judgment. No reason was assigned, but the counsel for the defendant says the Act of 1854 was repealed by the Act of the 17th April 1867. But this is a clear mistake, for the acts are not inconsistent, and it contains no repealing clause, and the Act of 1867 is itself repealed by the Act of…
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