Johnson v. Commonwealth

Sustaining motion and reversing judgment.

Elhannon Johnson has moved this court to grant him an appeal from a judgment convicting him of the offense of having intoxicating liquor in his possession in local option territory for the purpose of sale, and fixing his punishment at a fine of $100 and thirty days in jail. He urges three grounds for reversal: 1. Incompetent evidence was introduced against him; 2. the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; 3. his motion should have been sustained for a directed verdict.

The incompetent evidence complained of is that introduced under the “John Doe”…