Riffe v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellant was tried and convicted in his absence' of the offense of unlawfully transporting liquor, for which he was indicted in the court below, the punishment. *301given him by the verdict of the jury being a fine of $300,00 and sixty days’ imprisonment in jail.

Before the close of the term of the court at which he was convicted the appellant filed a motion and grounds to set aside the verdict and judgment and for a new trial, supported by his affidavit and that of his brother, Paul Riffe, in both of which it was stated that his absence at the…