Pervear v. Commonwealth

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• acknowledging Pervear's Eighth Amendment argument, but declining to address the issue because the Eighth Amendment did not apply to the states
• noting that the Eighth Amendment did not apply to states, but if it did, a fine of $50 and three months’ imprisonment for operating an unlicensed liquor store would not be excessive
• acknowledging Pervear’s Eighth Amendment argument, but declining to address the issue because the Eighth Amendment did not apply to the states

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).