Craft v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle —

Reversing.

The appellant, Ellis Craft, following his indictment in the Floyd circuit court for unlawfully transporting spirituous liquor, was tried and convicted of the offense in that court and his punishment fixed by verdict of the jury and judgment of the court -at a fine of $175.00, and confinement of thirty days in jail. He insists upon this appeal that he was convicted under an indictment that was fatally defective and upon incompetent evidence; ánd that he should have been acquitted by a directed verdict.

The objection respecting the alleged…