Green v. Bell County

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Clay

Affirming.

Section 16 of the Prohibition Act of 1922 provides:

“Any peace officer making an arrest of any person for any violation of this act shall, upon final conviction of defendant, receive a fee of five dollars to he taxed as costs, and if not paid as costs then same shall be allowed by the fiscal court of the county and paid out of county funds.” Section 16, c. 33, Acts 1922; section 2554a-16, Kentucky Statutes, Baldwin’s 1926 Supplement.

In 1927, Martin Green, who was elected sheriff of Bell county in November, 1921, and served from the first…