Case Name: UNITED STATES v. PAXTON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-12
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 470
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. PAXTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 470–470

Head Matter:
Case No. 16,013.
UNITED STATES v. PAXTON.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 44.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1801.
Intoxicating Liquors—Unlawful Sales.
A servant selling spirituous liquors for his master without hcense is not liable to tbe penalty.
[Cited in U. S. v. Shuck. Case No. 16,285; U. S. v. Voss, Id. 16,628.]
Indictment for retailing spirituous liquors without license.

Opinion:
THE COURT
directed the jury that if they should be of opinion that the defendant sold the liquor as clerk, agent, servant, or barkeeper of Brown, then he was not guilty. It was the selling of Brown within the meaning of the act. See, also, U. S. v. Shuck [Case No. 16,285], Alexandria, Jan. term, 1802, and U. S. v. Voss [Id. 16,628].