Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 26, 1916PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Perry Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Tandy Johnson was convicted of the offense of having intoxicating liquor in his possession for the purpose of sale in local option territory and his punishment fixed at a fine of $100.00 and forty days in jail. He appeals.

' The evidence shows that he - received through the Adams Express Company at Comettsville, Perry county, Kentucky, four quarts of whiskey on July 8, 1915, four quarts on July 30, 1915, and four quarts on August 19, 1915.

The point is made that the Commonwealth did not show that defendant had the whiskey in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Peters v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  2. Combs v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  3. Cornett v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Nunnelley's Administrator v. MuthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
  2. Wilson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918

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