Morris v. Commonwealth

The plaintiffs in error, Vester Morris, Hayes Morris and Charley Hall, were convicted of violating the prohibition law and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 each and serve a term of sixty days in jail.

The indictment, which was returned July 28, 1924, contained two counts. The first is in the blanket form provided by statute, and charges that the accused, within one year next prior to the finding of this 'indictment, “did unlawfully and feloniously manufacture, transport, sell, offer, keep, store and expose for sale, give away * * ardent spirits.” ' The second count charged that the accused “did…