Pope v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Lassing

Affirming.

*321The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for violating the local option law in Leslie county. Judgment being pronounced upon the verdict, he appeals and seeks a reversal upon two grounds: First, because of alleged error of the trial court in refusing to peremptorily instruct the jury to find him not guilty; and second, because the instructions given were erroneous.

There is no dispute as to the facts, which are as follows: In the latter part of July, 1912, Robert Walker learned, that appellant was going to Wootons Creek, and, knowing that…