It was decided in Commonwealth v. Thorniley, 6 Allen, 445, that a license under the United States St. of 1862, c. 119, does not authorize sales of intoxicating liquor, which are (in the words of that statute) “ in violation of the laws of any state or territory ; ” and as the selling of such liquor, though not the seller’s main business, but only incidental to his lawful main business, is as much a violation of our state laws, when it is not thereby authorized, as any other unauthorized selling thereof, there is no plausible pretence for holding that such selling is protected by such license.
The questions raised by the other exceptions in these cases are settled by authority. In Commonwealth v. Bubser, 14 Gray, 83, and Commonwealth v. Cutler, decided in 1864, and not yet
