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VIGLIOTTI v. PENNSYLVANIA

No. 530.

258 U.S. 403 (1922)

VIGLIOTTI v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Davis, Jr., and Mr. H.S. Dumbauld, with whom Mr. E.C. Higbee and Mr. A.E. Jones were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George E. Alter, Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, with whom Mr. William A. Miller was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

In the Court of Quarter Sessions of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Vigliotti was found guilty of selling, during the spring of 1920, spirituous liquor without a license, in violation of § 15 of the Act of May 13, 1887, P.L. 108, known as the Brooks Law. The liquor so sold was a preparation called Jamaica Ginger containing 88 per cent. of alcohol. The defendant claimed...

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