McBride v. Commonwealth

MORRIS,' Commissioner.

This appeal is prosecuted from a- judgment sentencing appellant, Dan McBride, to the penitentiary for one year for a third violation of the local option law. KRS 242.230, 242.990. Appellant’s sole ground for reversal is the court should have sustained his motion for a directed verdict because the Commonwealth failed to prove appellant’s possession of some liquor found in an old house located on a lot immediately adjoining the home in which he resided.

The chief witnesses for the Commonwealth were Charles Carroll and Robert McCready, city policemen of Benton. Carroll…