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108 Mass. 477

Commonwealth v. McLaughlin

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 15, 1871

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1871-11-15

Complaint on the St. of 1869, e. 415, § 39, to the police court of Chelsea, that the defendant on August 17, 1871, did carry certain intoxicating liquor from place to place in that city, he then and there having reasonable cause to believe that it was then and there intended to be sold in violation of the laws of the Commonwealth.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1887

1 state decisions

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Decided 1871-11-15

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By the Court.

¶1The evidence offered, tending to prove that the defendant drove a wagon load of ale through the streets of Chelsea, where it was illegal to sell ale, and made deliveries therefrom at two places, that they were places where liquor was sold, and that one of them was a beer shop, was clearly competent, as it tended to prove the offence charged.

¶2The evidence that the ale had been lawfully sold in Boston did not tend to establish a justification or excuse for the act of the defendant in Chelsea. The ruling on that subject was correct.

¶3Exceptions overruled.

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