Martin & White v. Commonwealth

The accused were jointly indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced for violation of the prohibition law (Acts 1916, p. 215). The indictment was comprehensive, as is author*717ized under the Virginia statute, and charged them with the possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor in violation of the State law.

[1] There is no conflict in the testimony, and the facts shown are that the accused were both employes on a dining car, part of an interstate train, running from New York City to Memphis, Tennessee; that while this train stopped for a few minutes in the city of Roanoke, Virginia, the…