Burton v. Commonwealth

The accused was indicted under section 39 of the prohibition act (Acts 1916, p. 215) for personally and at one time bringing into the State, and also for personally and at one time transporting from one point to another within *849the State, ardent spirits in excess of the quantity of one quart allowed by that section of such act.

'fhere are two counts in the indictment, which, omitting the formal parts, are as follows:

First Count. “ * * * that Arthur Burton, in said county on the . . .day of April, A. D., 1917, did unlawfully bring into the State of Virginia ardent spirits, to-wit, 15 quarts of…