Bragg v. Commonwealth

T. H. Bragg, the plaintiff in error, hereafter called the accused, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Alleghany county of a violation of the prohibition law (Acts 1918, c. 388), and the case is here upon* a writ of error to the judgment of that court.

The offense charged in the indictment is, that T. H. Bragg “did unlawfully sell ardent spirits, to-wit, flavoring extracts, for beverage purposes.”

The accused relies on six assignments of error to the rulings of the trial court.

The first assignment relates to the action of the court in overruling the demurrer to the indictment. It is…