Harris v. Commonwealth

Alvin Harris was tried and convicted of an illegal sale of whiskey, sentenced to four months in jail, and fined $100.

In his petition for a writ of error to this court, he assigns two errors. The first is that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to sustain it, and the second is that the trial court erred in refusing to give an instruction requested by him.

It appears from the evidence that T. ft. Hall, a regular employee of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on a salary basis, was seeking to apprehend…