Keith v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson — ■

Affirming.

Appellant Keith was arraigned in the Montgomery quarterly court on a warrant purporting to accuse him of unlawfully having liquor in his possession. Being convicted his punishment was fixed at a fine and jail .sentence. From this judgment he appealed to the Montgomery circuit court. There he demurred to the warrant, but the demurrer was overruled and the trial proceeded. At the conclusion of the evidence for the Commonwealth appellant moved the court to direct the jury to find and return a verdict in his favor. The Commonwealth’s…