Osborne v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting appellant of a violation of the prohibition act, and fixing his punishment at a fine of $300.00 and six months in jail.

The indictment charged appellant with unlawfully-manufacturing, possessing, selling, bartering, giving away, keeping for sale, and transporting,- intoxicating liquor. He failed to appear at the trial, and the court instructed the jury to find him guilty and fix; -his punishment at any sum not less than $100.00, nor more than $500.00, and imprison him in the county jail for not less than 60…