Kratzer v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

Lawrence Kratzer has prayed an appeal from a judgment convicting him of the illegal possession of intoxicating liquor, and fixing his punishment at a fine of $100 and 30 days’ imprisonment.

Acting under a search warrant, the officers went to Kratzer’s grocery, in Mt. Sterling. Behind the counter, and between it and the refrigerator, they found a trapdoor that fitted into the floor. Beneath the floor was a basement. In this basement they found a jar containing a half gallon of moonshine whisky. Behind the counter they also found several jars, some of…