Simpson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

Rufus iSimpson was indicted in the Harlan circuit court charged with the offense of selling whiskey to John Cox in violation'-of the local option law. The proof on the trial by Cox was in substance that he went to Simpsen and asked him, fer some whiskey. Simpson said he did not have any whiskey himself; Cox asked if he could get some whiskey for him; 'Simpson said that he could1. Cox then gave him seventy-five cents, and he went away and was gone about fifteen minutes, and when he came back, he handed Cox a pint of whiskey. Simpson…