Commonwealth v. Farnum
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint to a trial justice under Gen. Sts. c. SO, § 27, for going from place to place, and from dwelling-house to dwelling-house, April 5,1872, at Northbridge, carrying for sale and exposing to sale sewing machines, sewing machine attachments, sewing silk and thread, without having a license so to do. The defendant was convicted and appealed.
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Complaint to a trial justice under Gen. Sts. c. SO, § 27, for going from place to place, and from dwelling-house to dwelling-house, April 5,1872, at Northbridge, carrying for sale and exposing to sale sewing machines, sewing machine attachments, sewing silk and thread, without having a license so to do. The defendant was convicted and appealed. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Rockwell, J., the following agreed statement of facts was put in evidence by the Commonwealth: “ The defendant was in the employ of the firm of Friend & Sweetser, of Boston, agents of the Florence Sewing…
1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.
A hawker and peddler is an itinerant trader, who goes from place to place, and from house to house, carrying for sale and exposing to sale the goods, wares or merchandise which he carries. He generally deals in small and cheap articles, such as he can conveniently carry in a cart or on his person. Such hawker and peddler, or any other person who does the same business in the same manner, if unlicensed, is liable to punishment undey the Gen. Sts. c. 50, § 27.
The only question presented here is whether the defendant, in doing the acts that he did, without a license, came within the provision of…
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