Mullins v. Commonwealth

*444Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke —

Affirming.

In one of these cases, No. 8460, the appellant was convicted of unlawfully selling whiskey to W. L. Cummins, and his punishment fixed at $300.00 and sixty days in jail; in the other, No. 8461, he was convicted of having whiskey in his possession for sale, and his punishment fixed at $150.00 and thirty days in jail. Both trials were had on the same day and in appellant’s absence, and the grounds for reversal are the same in each case, namely, that the court erred in refusing to continue the cases as asked by defendant’s counsel when they were…