¶1The complaint and warrant were in due form, and the misreeital of the latter in the record of the District Court was an irregularity which was rendered immaterial by the appeal. Commonwealth v. Fredericks, 119 Mass. 199.
¶2Exceptions overruled.
121 Mass. 39
Commonwealth v. Burke
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 12, 1876
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1876-09-12
Complaint under the St. of 1875, c. 99, to the District Court of Northern Berkshire, averring that James Burke, at Adams, on May 15, 1875, “ unlawfully did sell intoxicating liquors to Leonard Furber, the said James Burke not having then and there any license, authority or appointment, according to law, to make such sale.” The warrant for the arrest of the defendant was issued by “ Jarvis Rockwell, justice of said court.” The defendant moved to quash the complaint, on the…
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Decided 1876-09-12
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