McKay v. Commonwealth

M. C. McKay was convicted of a second offense under the State prohibition law and sentenced to the penitentiary for two and one-half years. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.

The indictment is in the “omnibus” form authorized by section 7 of the prohibition act (Acts 1918, eh. 388), and the Commonwealth relied on the charge of unlawfully transporting ardent spirits.

The prior conviction of the accused is alleged in these words: “And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present that the said M. C. McKay *828has heretofore been convicted of a like offense,…