Triplett v. Commonwealth

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, has been convicted of a second violation of the prohibition law, and sentenced to pay a fine of $100.00 and to confinement in jail for a period of six months.

From the judgment of the trial court this writ of error was awarded by one of the judges of the appellate court.

The defendant, in his petition for a writ of error, sets forth three assignments of error:(1) The action of the trial court in refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury as being contrary to the law and the evidence.

(2-3) The action of the trial court in giving…