Patrick v. Commonwealth

Opinion op ti-ie Court by

Judge Clarke

— Affirming.

The appellant was arrested, tried and convicted upon a warrant charging him with having committed, in Montgomery county, the offense of “unlawfully having in his possession spirituous, vinous, malt and intoxicating liquors, except for sacramental, mechanical, scientific or medicinal purposes.”

Upon his appeal to the circuit court, there was a trial resulting in a hung jury, after which the warrant was amended on its face and another trial had, resulting in his conviction and punishment by a fine of $100.00 and confinement in jail for thirty…