Bullion v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing

Appellant Bullion was tried and convicted in the Fulton quarterly court of the offense of selling intoxicating liquors, on a plea of not guilty. From that judgment he appealed to the Fulton circuit court. When the case came on for hearing in the court to which he had appealed, appellant “demurred to the proceedings,” which was overruled by the court and defendant excepted. A jury trial resulted in a conviction, his punishment being fixed at a fine of $300.00 and by confinement in the county jail for a period of sixty days, on which judgment was…