State v. Taft

Calhoun, Judge:

The defendant, Burl H. Taft, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County on a charge that, in January, 1957, he unlawfully transported in an automobile “a certain quantity of alcoholic liquor, in excess of one (1) gallon”. Following his conviction by the verdict of a jury, he was sentenced by the court to serve one year in the county jail and to pay a fine of $250. The case is before this Court on writ of error to that judgment.

The same case was previously before this Court, the opinion being reported in 143 W. Va. 369, 102 S. E. 2d 149. Another case, arising from…