Nicholas v. Commonwealth

The defendant, Nicholas, was charged with selling a fifth of whiskey to Frazier White in violation of section 467 5 (40) of the Code, which fixes as punishment for such an offense a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars and confinement in jail for not less than thirty days nor more than twelve months. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and thirty days in jail.

His petition for this writ of error makes no specific assignments of error and otherwise fails to conform to Rule 14 of this court. That rule and section 6346 of the…