Grigsby v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

The appellant, Sam Grigsby, was indicted in the Breathitt circuit court charged with the unlawful possession of liquor and,, upon his trial, was found guilty and his punishment fixed at a fine of $100.00 and confinement in the county jail for thirty days.

It appears from the evidence, which is given in narrative form, that a number of officers went to appellant’s home with a warrant for appellant’s son, Alton Grigsby, charging him with a felony. They reached appellant’s home about midnight and called him out of the house and informed him they had a…