Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1860

Commonwealth v. Snow

Commonwealth v. Snow
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided January 15, 1860 · Shaw
80 Mass. 385
Commonwealth v. Snow

Opinion of the Court

Shaw, C. J.

The evidence was competent in the first instance, because it proved one material fact, to wit, a sale of liquors by somebody; but the evidence failing to identify the person of the defendant, the court should have instructed the jury that without further evidence of his identity it was not competent to prove a third sale. Exceptions sustained.

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