108 Mass. 482
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 15, 1871
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1871-11-15
Complaint to the municipal court of the city of Boston, on the Gen. Sts. c. 87, §§ 6, 7, for keeping a tenement in that city, used by the defendant for the illegal sale and illegal keeping of intoxicating liquors.
Relies on Commonwealth v. Cotter
Decided 1871-11-15
¶1The evidence that the waiter carried wine from the bar to the dining room, and brought back money, was competent evidence of a sale, without more definite proof of payment or promise to pay for the wine, and was properly submitted to the jury. Commonwealth v. Cotter, 97 Mass. 336.
¶2¡Exceptions overruled.