Commonwealth v. Butterfield

Citations

• 46 Pa. Super. 380
• 1911 Pa. Super. LEXIS 281

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Health law — Selling oleomargarine without license.</p> <p>On the trial of an indictment for selling oleomargarine without a license a conviction will be sustained where the evidence shows that the defendant took orders in the place where he resided, from various parties for oleomargarine in quantities ranging from five to ten pounds to each individual; that he sent these orders to a dealer in another state; that the dealer put up the orders in separate packages writing the names of the respective purchasers on the packages, that the packages were placed in wooden boxes, shipped to the defendant, who delivered them to the different purchasers; that the defendant paid the dealer twenty cents a pound for the oleomargarine, and received from his customers twenty-two cents a pound, and that the difference was used for freight and charges', and this was known to the customers.</p>