Commonwealth v. Bottoms
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 24 — INDICTMENT FOR MISDEMEANOR 1. The order made filing away the prosecutions against Bottoms did not operate as a discontinuance and final disposition of said cases. Ashlock v. Com., 7 B. M., 44; Henry v. Com., 4 Bush, 427. 2. Limitation did not run in favor of the defendant while the indictment was filed away with his consent., (No brief on file.)
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WHITE
delivered the opinion of the court.
At the January term, 1894, the appellee, Joe Bottoms, being under indictment in eight separate cases for unlawfully selling spirituous liquors, the following order was entered in the Adair Circuit Court, where said indictments were pending: “This day came the attorney for the Commonwealth, and Joe Bottoms, the defendant in the eight following prosecutions, Nos. 895, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, and 952, all upon the charge of unlawful selling of spirituous liquors in this county; and upon the faith of the promise of said Bottoms to forever- cease…
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