State v. Black

Montgomery, J.:

The indictment was for selling liquor on a Sunday. The defendant’s counsel asked the Court to instruct the jury that it would be unsafe to convict the defendant upon the unsupported testimony of the witness Perry, wlio had testified that he went to the defendant’s restaurant as a spy and for the purpose of making a case against the defendant for the police officer. . The Court declined to give the instruction in the form requested, but told the jury that if they believed the witness was a spy they should scrutinize his testimony and after doing so, if they were satisfied that…