Hatfield v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 120 Pa. 395
• 14 A. 151
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 495

Syllabus

<p>1. On the trial of an indictment for the unlawful sale of “ spirituous, vinous, malt and brewed liquors,” in violation of a statute making such sale a misdemeanor, it is immaterial whether the liquor sold by the defendant was intoxicating or not, or how much alcohol it contained.</p> <p>2. Section 2, act of April 12, 1867, P. L. 1178, making it an indictable offence for any person to sell any spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors, within two miles of the Normal School at Mansfield, Tioga county, is unconstitutional, because obnoxious to the constitutional amendment of 1864, prohibiting the passage of a bill containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed by its title.</p>