State v. Davis

Williams, Judge :

The defendant, a licensed druggist in the Town of Philippi, was indicted and convicted for malting an unlawful sale of spirituous liquors, and the court, proceeding on the theory that it was a second conviction, adjudged him to pay a fine of $500, sentenced him to be confined in the county jail thirty days, and revoked his license. On writ of error granted, defendant assigns numerous grounds which he insists call for a reversal of the judgment, and a setting aside of the verdict. It is not necessary to take them up seriatim, because they are all so nearly related that the…