Legal Opinion

Young v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 20, 1912Published

Appeal from Barren Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

The appellants were fined $150.00, and sentenced to confinement for thirty days in jail for maintaining a common nuisance in Glasgow Junction. The fact relied upon as constituting the nuisance was the operating of a restaurant by appellants in which spirituous, vinous and malt liquors were sold in local option territory. For a reversal of the judgment, counsel for appellants, in their brief, confine their argument to two points and insist: (1) That to constitute a common nuisance there must be more than a single offense — in this case, more. than a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dumesnil v. ShanksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
  2. Kneffler v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
  3. Bitzer v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
  4. Owens v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
  5. Walker v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904

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