Britton v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ebbok to the Quarter Sessions of Fayette county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 101. Indictment of William Britton, for selling liquor without a license. Plea, not guilty. On the trial, it was proved that the defendant sold whiskey in the borough of Connellsville, Fayette county, in quantities not loss than one gallon, which he had manufactured at his distillery in the borough of Brownsville, in said county.
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Ebbok to the Quarter Sessions of Fayette county: Of January Term, 1884, No. 101. Indictment of William Britton, for selling liquor without a license. Plea, not guilty. On the trial, it was proved that the defendant sold whiskey in the borough of Connellsville, Fayette county, in quantities not loss than one gallon, which he had manufactured at his distillery in the borough of Brownsville, in said county. Further, that the defendant was appraised as a distiller in said county, and had paid the proper county tax, as distiller, for the year in question; it was not shown that he sold liquor at…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
By the Act of 10th April, 1849, it was provided, that the mercantile appraisers of the respective counties should embrace in their annual returns, to the respective county treasurers, all the breweries and distilleries in their respective counties, with the names of the owners, and the number of gallons of liquors brewed or distilled by. each, respectively, per annum; brewers and distillers were classified according to the amount of their annual sales, and certain specific rates or sums were established, as the price of license in each class; these sums they were required to pay according to…
2Cited by1 opinion
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