Commonwealth v. Daly
This text of 19 N.E. 209 (Commonwealth v. Daly) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The complaint charges the sale of intoxicating liquor to one Latter. The defendant admitted that he sold lager beer to said Latter, and offered to show, as a defence, that he intended to sell, and supposed he was selling, “ tonic beer,” and not lager beer. It has been repeatedly held, that, if a man sells or keeps for sale intoxicating liquor, it is no. defence that he does not know it to be intoxicating, or that he supposed it to be something else. Commonwealth v. Savery, 145 Mass. 212, and cases cited. The ruling at the trial was in accordance with these cases, and was correct. Exceptions overruled.
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19 N.E. 209, 148 Mass. 428, 1889 Mass. LEXIS 284, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/commonwealth-v-daly-mass-1889.