Dougherty v. Commonwealth

Judge Simpson

delivered the opinion of the court.

Hugh Dougherty, a merchant in the city of Lexington, having made application to the Fayette county court for a license to sell spirituous liquors, and his application having been refused, appealed to the circuit court, and made proof of qualification, according to the requisitions of the statutes. The circuit court sustained the decision of the county court, and affirmed the order refusing license to Dougherty, and he has prosecuted a writ of error to reverse that judgment.

A question has been made with respect to the jurisdiction of this court,…