Massachusetts § 1 Adulterating liquor;  sale;  forfeiture

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 1 — Adulterating liquor; sale; forfeiture

Massachusetts § 1

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 270CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 1 (2026).

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[ Text of section effective until November 20, 2024.  For text effective November 20, 2024, see below.]Section 1. Whoever, for the purpose of sale, adulterates any liquor used or intended for drink with Indian cockle, vitriol, grains of paradise, opium, alum, cochineal, capsicum, copperas, laurel water, logwood, Brazil wood, sugar of lead or any other substance poisonous or injurious to health, and whoever knowingly sells any such liquor so adulterated, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years;  and the articles so adulterated shall be forfeited.Chapter 270: Section 1. Adulterating liquor;  sale;  forfeiture[ Text of section as amended by 2024, 238, Sec. 270 effective November 20, 2024.  For text effective until November 20, 2024, see above.]Secti

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[ Text of section effective until November 20, 2024. For text effective November 20, 2024, see below.]Section 1. Whoever, for the purpose of sale, adulterates any liquor used or intended for drink with Indian cockle, vitriol, grains of paradise, opium, alum, cochineal, capsicum, copperas, laurel water, logwood, Brazil wood, sugar of lead or any other substance poisonous or injurious to health, and whoever knowingly sells any such liquor so adulterated, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years; and the articles so adulterated shall be forfeited.Chapter 270: Section 1. Adulterating liquor; sale; forfeiture[ Text of section as amended by 2024, 238, Sec. 270 effective November 20, 2024. For text effective until November 20, 2024, see above.]Section 1. Whoever, for the purpose of sale, adulterates any liquor used or intended for drink with Indian cockle, vitriol, opium, alum, cochineal, capsicum, copperas, laurel water, logwood, Brazil wood, sugar of lead or any other substance poisonous or injurious to health, and whoever knowingly sells any such liquor so adulterated, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years; and the articles so adulterated shall be forfeited.