Commonwealth v. Adams

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

The indictment in this case was filed on August 8, 1923. It charged Tandy Adams with the offense of drunkenness, the descriptive part reading:

“The said Tandy Adams in the said county of Letcher on the 21 day of Aug., 1922, and within twelve months before the finding of this indictment did unlawfully and wilfully and knowingly be and become drunk and in an intoxicated state by the use of liquor or other intoxicating beverages contrary, &c.”

A demurrer was sustained to this and the Commonwealth appeals.

The statute, section 24 of chapter 33 of the…