Urban v. Commonwealth

Opinion ok the Court by

Judge Thomas —

Affirming.

The appellant, Lon Urban, was indicted and convicted in the B'oy-d circuit court of the offense of unlawfully keeping in his possession whiskey for ¡sale. His motion for a pe-w trial was overruled and he appeals. The indictment was not, nor could it successfully be attacked, .since it literally conforms to the approved practice of criminal pleading. It is vigorously insisted, however, by appellant’s counsel that (1), -the Commonwealth failed to prove its case and the court erred in overruling the motion for ¡a -directed verdict of acquittal, but…