Commonwealth v. Higgins

<p>Upon the trial of an indictment for maintaining a building used for the illegal keeping and illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, the Commonwealth, after introducing evidence that a room occupied by the defendant was fitted with the common appliances for the sale of liquors, and that persons drank ale there, may prove that persons have been seen on the defendant’s premises and leaving them in a state of intoxication.</p> <p>Proof that the defendant maintained a building used for the illegal keeping and illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, for any substantial period of time, if only one day, will support an indictment for maintaining it during a year.</p>