Commonwealth of Pa. v. Dougherty

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

The defendant stands convicted of the possession, sale, furnishing and transportation of intoxicating liquor in violation of the Prohibition Enforcement Act of March 27, 1923, P. L. 34. The only complaints made in his behalf in this appeal are that the- charge of the court was insufficient, first, because there was a failure to instruct the jury as to the weight to be given- the ■ testimony of an accomplice who was an admitted perjurer ; and second, because there was ' a failure to instruct the .jury as to the meaning of the term “reasonable doubt.” As there ivas only a…