Commonwealth v. Burgett

Decided February 29, 1884

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1884-02-29

Complaint alleging an illegal sale of intoxicating liquors by the defendant to one Francis H. Caffin, at Hyde Park, on July 23, 1883.

Relies on Suit v. Woodhall · Commonwealth v. Greenfield

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Decided 1884-02-29

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Field, J.

¶1There was evidence for the jury that the defendant intended that the whiskey should be at the risk of the company until delivered to the buyer at Hyde Park; and that it was the understanding of the defendant, that until, and unless, the *456whiskey was so delivered, the order was not filled, and the company was not entitled to retain the money sent. This is evidence of a sale in Hyde Park. No error appears in the exceptions. Commonwealth v. Greenfield, 121 Mass. 40. Suit v. Woodhall, 113 Mass. 391.

¶2Exceptions overruled.