The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-09
WET AND DRY LAWS
TO Be CONSTRUED
Supreme Court of Appeals Grants
Writ of Error to A. B.
Wiseman.
CHARGED WITH SOLICITING
Agent Says He Brought Orders
to Richmond as Matter of Mu-
tual Accommodation.
CHARGED WITH SOLICITING

If man who happens to be con-
nected wits n liquor business in a
wet" territory city happens to be
walking down the street in dry
territory town. and At citizen of the
dry" town sidlcs up to him, thrusts
him in the ribs and says: "OId man.
you'll do me an everlasting favor if
you viii ship mo a gallon of whiskey
when You 20 home" and the ''old
man" in the case replies neither yea
nor nay. but hies him home and ships
the liquor has the law affecting the
sale and shipment of liquor been
violated?
The Circuit Court OF Louisa County
says it has.
\. ID Wiseman. of Richmond. and his
lawyers say it has not.
That there is room for doubt is evil
denced by the action of the Supreme
Court OF Appeals, which yesterday
granted Wiscman's petition for writ
OF error and supcrsedcas.
CASE COMES TIP FROM
LOUISA CIRCUIT COURT
Wiseman was tried and convicted in
Louisa County last spring on an in
dictmcnt charging that he did act as
agent for the sale ands transmission OF
an order for ardent spirits given to
him by Cole Gillum, said Wlseman hav-
ing no license. etc" y fine was i'm
posed. and the defendant was required
twelve months. lie carried the case
TO the Supreme Court with the result
that II ig to he reviewed
WiSeman denies in his petition that
he violated any law. He sets forth
that he did not 70 to Louisa to sell
liquor for the John NJ. Higgins estate
Which conducts liquor business in
Richmond, hut for the purpose OF col
, lccting some accounts due lie de-
claros that when he WAS approached
by Gillum he did not promise Gillun
that he would send the liquor. He
merely listened and said nothing
Wherefore. he contends, he cannot be
construed as acting as an agent for
the sale of liquor lie admits that he
!.a iot down memorandum of the re-
quest He admits further that on that
same day hc was approached by thir-
teen ether citizens of dry" Louisa.
who requested him to send them Ii
quor. and that he jottcd down their
names also. And he admits that wlten
he returned to Richmond lie was kind
enough TO give the addresses of the
fourteen citizens Of dry" Louisa TO
the liquor house with which he Is
employed as IL collector. But he poo
poohs the charge that he was the
agent Of 4 whishcy house selling H.
luor in dry TERRITORY
CLAIM ORDER WAS
/ NOT SOLICITED By ACCUSED
Ills lawyers dcmurred to the indict-
mcnt ana asked the court 10 quash it
on the ground that lit was not charged
that the order was solicited by the ne
cus"d or by anyone else" The Louisa
court however, refused to put aside
the Indictment
In his petition for rehearinr Gillum
represents that The court erred In over
ruling the demurrer to the Indictment
and erred III convictinE the petitioner
on the evidence rs certified in the rec
ord
The Supreme Court also granted a
writ of error and superscdeas in the
case OF LESSEE Perkins, n legal infant
who sues by her father and next friend.
|" II. Perkins, W. Southern Railway
Company. This case comes from the
Circuit Court OF Pittsylvania County
l.cSsic Perkins, Il SeVcntccn-y car-old
sirl, was injured when u wagon i'm
which she Was riding with q party
OF nci"hbors to II revival held near
S"hooliicld. Pittsylvania County. June
II. 1913, WAS struck hy q train at a
railroad crossing. She sued for SlO-
900 damages. hasinE her suit upon the
allegation that no warning signal was
sounded, aud that fair and reasonable
precautions for the safety of life and
limb We're not taken by the railroad
company at the crossing. She WAS non
suited ANA now seeks to have. the YER
dlct in favor of the Southern Railway
Company set aside, and Il new trial or
dered.