Tubbs v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

— Affirming.

W. F. Tubbs and Austin Palmer were convicted in the Estill circuit court of violating the Prohibition Law, and each was fined $200, in addition to a jail sentence of 50 days. Thereafter they executed supersedeas bonds, and prosecuted an appeal to this court, where the judgment was affirmed. Austin Palmer & W. F. Tubbs v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 240 Ky. 853, 41 S. W. (2d) 1119. Later on executions were issued, and Tubbs and Palmer surrendered themselves to the jailer. After serving their jail sentences, they were discharged over their protest.

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