Commonwealth v. Stoehr

Mar 15, 1872
Reporters:
By the Court.

The evidence of a seizure ‍​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍of intoxicating liquor at the place kept by the defendant, and of sales made ‍​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍there a short time before the day named in the complaint, was admissible. ‍​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍It tended to prove that the liquors found on the premises on the ‍​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍day named in the complaint were kept by the defendant with the intent to ‍​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‍sell them in violation of law.

Exceptions overruled.