Laws of Massachusetts Relating to Intoxicating Liquors; Common Nuisances, Gaming, Innholders and Common Victuallers, Lord's Day, Penalties for Drunken

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899. Excerpt: ... ILLEGALLY TRANSPORTING INTOXICATING LIQUORS. A complaint which avers that defendant, at Blackstone, in the county of Worcester, did convey from place to place within said Commonwealth intoxicating liquor, does not sufficiently state the places from which and to which the liquor was conveyed. Com. v. Riley, 9 Gray, 1. On trial of complaint for transporting liquors from place to place, with reasonable cause to believe that they were intended to be sold illegally, defendant cannot introduce evidence that the person to whom it is alleged that they were being conveyed has been tried and acquitted for keeping the same liquors with intent to sell. Such a complaint need not allege that they were not in the original packages.in which they were imported. Com. v. Waters, 11 Gray, 81. The provision of statute prohibiting the transportation of intoxicating liquors from place to place in this Commonwealth, having reasonable cause, etc., includes the transportation of such liquors from one place to another in the same town. Com. v. Waters, 11 Gray, 81. In action against an officer for seizing plaintiff's horse and wagon, on the ground that they were used in transportation of intoxicating liquors, evidence that the defendant had reasonable cause to believe that they were so used is incompetent. Kent -. Willey, 11 Gray, 3C8. An officer who seizes property without a warrant, for being employed in the illegal transportation of intoxicating liquors, and does not procure a warrant within a reasonable time afterwards, is liable as a trespasser. Kent v. Willey, 11 Gray, 368. A complaint for the illegal transportation of intoxicating liquors from place to place in a particular city contains a sufficient description of the place in which the offense was committed. Com. v...