Bauer v. Commonwealth

The first count in the indictment was the “omnibus count” under section 7 of the prohibition act. (Laws 1918, chapter 388.) The accused was found guilty under the count and sentenced to confinement in jail for one month and the payment of a fine of |50. The following is all of the evidence in the cause:

“The Commonwealth, to maintain the issue on its-part, proved by Mrs. Lillie M. Pyles, that on the night of December 10th, in the year 1921, she met defendant at the corner of Granby and Tazewell streets, where he kept a for-hire car. She was accompanied by a man named Sheets. Both parties were…