Commonwealth v. Thayer
Commonwealth v. Thayer
Opinion of the Court
The indictment alleges that the defendant was not duly licensed as an innholder. The proof in the matter, as it seems to us, does not support this broad allegation. The form of the indictment is that which is usually adopted, in prosecutions for selling spiritous liquors, against those who have no species of license as innholders. But the licenses, granted under the Rev. Sts. c. 47, § 21, do render the persons receiving such licenses innholders to a certain extent. They are so described in the statute, and have the general powers and privileges of innholders, being restrained only m the particular matter of selling spiritous liquors. We think, therefore, that the exception taken to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the present indictment, in its general and unqualified allegation that the defendant was not licensed as an innholder, must prevail.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Commonwealth v. Minot Thayer 2d
- Status
- Published