Sams v. Commonwealth

Opinion op ti-ie Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

The police court of Richmond issued a warrant for appellant, accusing him of “violating the prohibition law by unlawfully, knowingly and wilfully -selling tot Ed Fogle, Jamaica ginger, an intoxicant; not for medicinal, mechanical, scientific, or sacramental purposes,” on December 28, 1924. A trial in the police court resulted in appellant’s conviction. He appealed to the Madison circuit court, where he demurred to the warrant, but the demurrer was overruled, and of this ruling he now complains. A trial in the circuit court resulted in a fine of…