Lane v. Commonwealth

The plaintiff in error was convicted of a violation of the prohibition law, Acts 1916, chapter 146, page 215. The indictment was in the form authorized by section 7 of the act. This section declares that “while any good and sufficient indictment may be used, an indictment for any first offense under sections 3, 4 and 5 of this act shall be sufficient if substantially in the form, or to the effect” set forth in that section. The only provision in either sections 3, 4 or 5 which bear upon the case is the provision in section 3 which declares that “it shall be unlawful for any person in this…