Hall v. Commonwealth

Oscar B. Hall was tried under an indictment charging him in one count with transporting ardent spirits and in another with having on his person a firearm while so transporting it. The jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment at six months in jail. The judgment entered against him upon that verdict is before us for review.

The trial court certifies as a part of the facts adduced at the trial by the Commonwealth:

“One Percy Harris testified that on the evening of the second day of September, 1923, at about 7:30 o’clock, he was driving an automobile out of the town of Seottsville, Virginia,…