Messer v. Commonwealth

On the 18th day of March, 1924, a grand jury, duly impaneled in the Circuit Court of Giles county, found an indictment against Kelley Messer, charging, among numerous other violations of the prohibition law, that, within one year next prior to the finding of the indictment, he “in said county did unlawfully have in his possession at a place, not his home, ardent spirits,” etc.

Upon this indictment he was tried upon a plea of not guilty, found guilty as charged, and his punishment fixed at confinement in jail for a term of thirty days and a fine of one hundred dollars. Upon this verdict…