Arnold v. Commonwealth at Instance of Somerset

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Helm

— Reversing.

The appellant, E. C. Arnold, was acquitted of unlawfully selling “a quantity of a drink or beverage to Lando Perrin” in the police court of Somerset. The city council, being dissatisfied with the decision of its police judge, prayed an appeal to the Pulaski circuit court. The circuit court reversed the judgment of the police court, with directions to proceed with the trial of the defendant as charged in the warrant. Arnold has prosecuted this appeal from that judgment.

The council of Somerset, a city of the fourth class, on February 24, 1947,…