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153 Mass. 4

Commonwealth v. Stevens

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 7, 1891

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1891-01-07

Complaint to the Police Court of Newburyport for an unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday, October 21, 1888, to Martin Conley. Trial in the Superior Court, on appeal, before Staples, J., who refused to rule that there was no evidence sufficient to be submitted to the jury, and, after a verdict of guilty, allowed a bill of exceptions, which, so far as material to the point decided, appears in the opinion.

Decided 1891-01-07

W. Allen, J.

¶1There was evidence tending to show that the defendant was in his bar-room on the Sunday in question; that Conley, being under the influence of liquor, went into the barroom while the defendant was there, and after ten or fifteen minutes came out with a bottle full of whiskey in his pocket; that Conley was a witness for the government at the trial in the court below; and that the defendant kept Conley out of the way, so that he could not be had as a witness at the trial in the Superior Court.

¶2The court properly refused to rule that there was not sufficient evidence of a sale to Conley to submit to the jury.

¶3Exceptions overruled.

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