Ricketts v. Commonwealth

Opinion of ti-ie Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Appellant, who was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, seeks a reversal of the judgment.

The facts are these: After appellant had been arrested for drunkenness, there was found on his person a half-pint bottle containing moonshine whiskey. Appellant claimed that he was suffering from a toothache, and bought the whiskey to relieve the pain. He admitted, however, that the liquor flew to his head and made him drunk.

The case was tried in the circuit court on appeal, and it is insisted that that court was without authority to…