Commonwealth v. Abbott

. Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Hobson—

Affirming.

A. L. Abbott was indicted in the Grant Circuit Court. for the offense of loaning spirituous liquors to Steve Beard in that country contrary to the local option statute there in force. On a trial of the case before a jury the court at the conclusion of the evidence for the Commonwealth instructed the jury peremptorily to find the defendant not guilty. The jury having so returned their verdict, and the prosecution having been dismissed, the Commonwealth appeals.

Beard was the only witness introduced on the trial. He testified that in…