Givens v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Everhart Givens was convicted of the •crime of having alcoholic beverages in his possession in dry territory for the purpose of sale. He has filed a motion for an appeal, claiming that he was entitled to .a peremptory, instruction.

The evidence for the Commonwealth, reduced to the essentials, was that Givens had a reputation as a bootlegger and that a few minutes after he was seen getting out •of an automobile driven by another person, a police officer found a bo-tlte of whiskey on the floor of the automobile, concerning which bottle the driver of the automobile professed…