Mullins v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Settle

Affirming.

The appellant, Tom Mullins, by this appeal, seeks the reversal of a judgment of the Bell circuit court, based upon a verdict finding him guilty of the offense, charged by warrant, of “unlawfully having in his possession intoxicating liquor, to-wit: ‘Jamaica ginger,’ commonly called ‘ jake,’ knowingly for use as an intoxicating beverage.” The verdict and judgment fixed his punishment at a fine of $100.00' and imprisonment of 60 days in jail. The warrant was issued by the judge of the Middlesboro police court and the appellant first tried and…