Swift v. Commonwealth

This writ of error brings under review three judgments, entered in one trial on three separate verdicts finding Clyde Swift, the accused, guilty of selling, on May 1, 2 and 3, 1956, alcoholic beverages in violation of Code, § 4-5 8, and fixing his punishment at confinement in jail for 60 days and a fine of 1100.00 on each charge.

There is no substantial conflict in the evidence, which may be summarized as follows: M. W. Prilliman and S. L. Simmons, investigators employed by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, went to Damascus, Washington county, Virginia, to investigate in that…