The liquors which were taxed were property, and the law protected them as such. An action might be maintained by the owner against one who should tortiously take *319them from him. Ingalls v. Baker, 13 Allen, 449. They were not a nuisance unless kept for sale illegally. Gen. Sts. c. 86, § 60. The petitioner does not allege that he kept them for sale. As personal property, they were taxable by the Gen. Sts. c. 11, § 2. Petition dismissed.