Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1856

Commonwealth v. Kirk

Commonwealth v. Kirk
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided November 15, 1856 · Dewey
73 Mass. 496

Commonwealth v. Kirk

Opinion of the Court

Dewey, J.

We think the instructions given to the jury in the present case were right, and there was nothing in the case requiring any further instructions. By the statute three sales are declared sufficient to constitute the offence of being a common seller. Si. 1855, c. 215, § 17. There was no other evidence tending to qualify the character of these sales, or to authorize the jury to acquit the defendant. Exceptions overruled.

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