Seay v. Commonwealth

This writ of error brings under review the proceedings in a trial wherein Leo M. Seay was convicted of the unlawful sale of gin and fined $100 and sentenced to jail for 60 days.

The only assignment of error is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the judgment of conviction.

The case was tried by the judge of the Hustings Court without a jury. Only one witness,. J. L. Blackburn, testified for the Commonwealth. He stated that he was an investigator for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. On June 7, 1945, he and an “informer” went to the Turf Club at 826 West Broad street,…