Curd v. Commonwealth

A. Curd and B. Ward, indicted for keeping and maintaining a tippling house without license, plead not guilty, and upon the evidence being heard, the jury rendered a general verdict that the defendants were guilty, as charged, and thereupon the court gave judgment for a fine of $60 against each defendant. A new trial was *387refused, and defendants have brought up the case, and demand a reversal of the judgment mainly upon two grounds: 1st. That the circuit judge erred in instructing the jury “that if the jury believed, from the evidence, that the defendant sold ardent spirits, and suffered the…