Seay v. Commonwealth

I cannot agree with the majority opinion in this case. While the argument is made in the petition that the testimony of J. L. Blackburn, the only witness for the Commonwealth, is unworthy of belief, the majority opinion does not adopt that view. The opinion does point out that Blackburn testified in the police court that the accused sold him “whiskey,” and in the Hustings Court that the accused sold him “gin.” Again, it is said that on cross-examination “Blackburn refused to give the name of the ‘informer’ until compelled to do so by the trial court.” But, these incidents, of course, merely…