Commonwealth v. Crayton

Wickersham, J.,

The defendant was indicted and tried for failure to pay the liquid fuels tax, in violation of the Act of April 14, 1927, P. L. 287, 289. At the trial the defendant offered no testimony. The jury convicted him, whereupon he presented the pending motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial.

In his first reason for a new trial the defendant alleged the verdict was against the evidence. We were satisfied at the trial that the evidence was sufficient, if believed by the jury, to support a conviction. We are still of that opinion, and, therefore, the first reason for a new trial…