Asher v. Mills

OSBORNE, Judge.

Leonard Mills, the appellee in this case, was arrested under a warrant issued by Jess Slusher, Judge of the Bell Quarterly Court, who is one of the appellants herein. The warrant charged him with possessing alcoholic beverages in dry territory for the purpose of sale. On the trial of the case and before the jury had been selected, one of the prospective jurors in the presence of all other jurors asked how the jurors would be paid. The Judge answered that they would be paid only if they found the defendant guilty. After the presentation of the Commonwealth’s evidence the…