Scruggs v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

On Ms trial in the Fayette circuit court under an indictment charging him with, unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquors, the appellant, Scruggs, was convicted and, his motion for a new trial being overruled, he prosecutes this appeal. The only ground urged for reversal is that the evidence introduced by the Commonwealth, which proved defendant’s guilt beyond contradiction, was incompetent and there being no other the court should have instructed the jury to acquit him. The only witness introduced, or who testified in the case, was Felix Fields,…