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· 1/5/1891

Commonwealth v. Swihart

Citations

  • 138 Pa. 629
  • 21 A. 11
  • 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1140

Syllabus

<p>[To be reported.]</p> <p>A defendant, indicted for selling liquor without license, and justifying sales of liquor, made by him prior to August 8, 1890, upon the ground that, such sales were made for an importer in the original packages, cannot complain, after conviction, of a failure by the court to instruct the jury as to what constituted such a package, if no such instruction was asked for: Commonwealth v. Zelt, ante 615, followed.</p>

Judges: Clabk, Gbeen, McCollum, Mitchell, Paxson, Stebbett, Williams

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