Sowder v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Clay

Reversing.

Logue Sowder has prayed an appeal from a judgment convicting him of selling intoxicating liquor to Ed Price, an habitual drunkard, and fixing his punishment at a fine of $100.

The evidence for the commonwealth is as follows: Price was a plumber, who bought one or two pints of liquor from Sowder. He was sober at the time, but other times Sowder had refused to sell him liquor. He had been drunk two or three times during the past year, but this drinking never incapacitated him for work. Over the objection of Sowder, S. F. Bowman answered “Yes” to…