Scott v. Commonwealth

Reversing.

The appellant, Beatrice Scott, was convicted of keeping intoxicating liquor for sale in local option or dry territory. The penalty was fixed at sixty days in jail and $100 fine. KRS242.230, 242.990. The motion for an appeal is sustained.

The appellant was in possession of a building in Betsy Lane, Floyd County, in February, 1949. She operated a restaurant, soft drink bar and dance hall in part of it and occupied the other part as living quarters. A door opened between the two.

Under a search warrant, officers found 26 or 28 half pint bottles of whiskey in a bedroom and more than a…