141 Mass. 83
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 30, 1886
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1886-01-30
Complaint to the Municipal Court of the city of Boston, alleging that the defendant, on July 31, 1885, at Boston, was duly licensed to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors in certain premises on Head Place in said Boston ; that said premises were then and there used by the defendant for the sale of such liquors; and that the defendant did then and there place and maintain upon said premises a certain screen, blind, shutter, curtain, partition, &c., in such a way as to…
Decided 1886-01-30
¶1The admissions of the defendant that “ she was licensed,” and “was the licensed owner” of the premises, were competent. Taken in connection with the fact that the conversation with the officer was in relation to her use of screens or curtains, the inference is strong that what she meant was that she was licensed to sell intoxicating liquors. It was a question for the jury, and the case was submitted to them with proper instructions.
¶2Exceptions overruled.