Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court May 19, 1891 (Commonwealth v. Drew)

Knowlton, J.

The evidence in this case tends to show that for several years prior to J une 1, 1890, the defendant had been in the business of selling dry goods at retail, having all the time one store, and during the last part of the time two stores, in Boston; that up to that date he paid cash for substantially all dry goods purchased, but after that, until his failure on September 6, 1890, he