Commonwealth v. Saler

Opinion by

Porter, J.,

The indictment contained but one count, charging that the defendant “unlawfully did manufacture, sell, offer for sale, barter, furnish, transport, possess, and deliver to divers persons to the jurors aforesaid yet unknown, intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, contrary to the form of the Act of General Assembly,” etc. The trial resulted in a verdict of “guilty of making and having in his possession intoxicating liquors”; upon which the court sentenced the defendant, who appeals from that judgment.

The first assignment of error is based on the action of the court in…