Commonwealth v. Newhard

Citations

• 3 Pa. Super. 215
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3

Syllabus

<p>Liquor law — Sales io minors in absence of landlord.</p> <p>Where orders are given by a liquor dealer in good faith, for the purpose of having them obeyed, forbidding sales to minors, and sales are made in his absence contrary to such orders, such fact so found would constitute a good defense.</p> <p>Illegal sale — Bonafides—Question for jury.</p> <p>Where sales are made by defendant’s wife to minors, well known both to defendant and his wife to be such, and where there is evidence that the minors had frequented the saloon and bagatelle room and had been furnished with liquor in his presence and the case is submitted to the jury, and a verdict of guilty rendered under proper instructions as to the bona fides of defendant’s orders forbidding sales to minors, the judgment will not be disturbed.</p>