Commonwealth v. Brown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint under the Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 17, alleging that Henry S. Brown of Lowell, on September 8,1890, did bring into the city of Lowell, “ in which said city licenses of the first five classes described in section ten of chapter one hundred of the Public Statutes of said Commonwealth were not then granted, certain intoxicating liquor, to wit, sixty-one gallons of lager beer, twenty-two gallons of ale, and five gallons of whiskey, he, the said Henry S. Brown, having then…
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Complaint under the Pub. Sts. c. 100, § 17, alleging that Henry S. Brown of Lowell, on September 8,1890, did bring into the city of Lowell, “ in which said city licenses of the first five classes described in section ten of chapter one hundred of the Public Statutes of said Commonwealth were not then granted, certain intoxicating liquor, to wit, sixty-one gallons of lager beer, twenty-two gallons of ale, and five gallons of whiskey, he, the said Henry S. Brown, having then and there reasonable cause to believe that the same was intended to be sold in violation of the laws of said Common…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The defendant in this case was charged with bringing into the city of Lowell certain intoxicating liquors, having reasonable cause to believe that the same were intended to be sold in said city, in violation of law. It was agreed at the trial that the city of Lowell granted no licenses at the time named in the complaint. It is well settled that one who aids another in committing a misdemeanor is equally guilty with one who actually commits it. Commonwealth v. Drew, 3 Cush. 279. Commonwealth v. Ray, 3 Gray, 441. Commonwealth v. Gannett, 1 Allen, 7. People v. Erwin, 4 Denio, 129. United States…
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