Criminal Law Keyed to Dressler
Commonwealth v. Koczwara
Facts
The Defendant is the licensee and operator of an establishment on Jackson Street in Scranton known as J.K.’s Tavern. At that location, the Defendant had a liquor license issued by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The Lackawanna County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant on four counts for violations of the Liquor Code. The first and second counts averred that the Defendant permitted minors, unaccompanied by parents or supervisors, to frequent the tavern on February 1st and 8th, 1958. The third count charged the Defendant with selling beer to minors on February 8th, 1958. The fourth count charged the Defendant with permitting beer to be sold to minors on February 8, 1958. The Defendant was not present on any of the occasions of the charged offenses. Rather, the minors were served by an unidentified bartender.
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