Phillips v. Commonwealth

The plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted and tried for a violation of the prohibition law (laws 1918,, e. 388). They were found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 each, and to confinement in jail for thirty days.

The testimony for the Commonwealth was as. follows:

Campbell Colley: “I am a prohibition agent. I? together with some other officers, was making a raid or search for violations of the prohibition law in the *506vicinity of Flat Gap, Virginia. We were searching the premises of C. H. Phillips on the upper side of his garden, which was situated across the path from his house and…