Adams Express Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Eeversing.

The Adams Express Co. was indicted by the grand jury of Perry county charged with violating subsection 2 of section 2569b of the Kentucky Statutes by delivering to one Harlan Patrick in local option territory on March 9,1916, whiskey not intended for his personal use. On a trial of the case there was a verdict and judgment •in favor of the Commonwealth, and the express company appeals.

The indictment, which was returned by the grand jury on November 28, 1916, in lieu' of an indictment that had been returned on March 11,- 1916, in apt terms charged…