Hitt v. Commonwealth

Kelly, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Tony Hitt, was indicted for violation of the State prohibition act. The indictment was in the general blanket form suggested in section 7 of the act, and charged that Tony Hitt “* * * did unlawfully manufacture, sell, offer, keep, store and expose for sale, give away, transport, dispense, solicit, advertise and receive orders for ardent spirits, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

The verdict was in the following form: “We, the jury, find the accused, Tony Hitt, guilty as charged in the indictment, and fix…