Commonwealth v. Pohan

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 373
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 275

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — • Selling liquor without license — Horhe Vino — Medicinal properties — Volstead Act — Evidence—Sufficiency-.</p> <p>Upon an indictment for selling liquor without a license in violation of the Act of May 13,1887, P. L. 108, (Brooks License Law) evidence that defendant sold large quantities of a liquid called “Horke Vino” which purported by its label to contain 18 to 20 per cent aleohol, and that customers became intoxicated in his place of business, is sufficient to sustain a conviction. It is no answer to the accusation that the defendant sold the preparation as medicine, or that it was a lawful article of commerce, under the Volstead Act, for the defendant had no authority to sell alcoholic compounds as medicine.</p>