Legal Opinion

Dills v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided June 4, 1940Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Dismissing appeal.

Roy Dills was charged with the crime of setting up and operating a game of chance. Section 1960 of the Statutes. Upon his trial he was found guilty and his punishment fixed at a fine of $500 and two years in prison. The penalties provided in Section 1960 are:

* * shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500.00) and costs a.nd confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than three years; shall be deemed infamous after conviction, and be forever thereafter disqualified from exercising the right of suffrage, and from holding any…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  2. Vowells v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
  3. Pardue v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
  4. Murphy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938

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