Vessels v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas

Reversing.

The appellant, Roy Vessels, was indicted, tried, and convicted in the Hardin circuit court upon the charge of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquor to Roy Viers and Martin McCullum. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he has filed the record in this court with a motion for an appeal. Through his counsel he urges as grounds for reversal: (1) Refusal of the court to admit material and competent evidence offered by him at his trial; asid (2) refusal of the court to grant him a new trial for newly discovered evidence after the trial,…