Mulligan v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge O’Neal

Affirming.

Appellant, Newman Mulligan, was indicted, tried and convicted of the offense of unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor, his punishment being fixed at a fine of $250.00 and 75 days’ confinement in the county jail. In his motion and grounds for a new trial, he assigned numerous alleged errors, only two of which, however, are seriously urged on this appeal.

His chief complaint is that the lower court erred in not sustaining his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal made at the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s evidence and again at the…