Myers v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant seeks to reverse a judgment imposing upon him a fine of $500.00 and imprisonment of thirty-days for the offense of conspiring with Owen Cray to sell, transport and possess intoxicating liquor for other than medicinal, mechanical, scientific or sacramental purposes. There was a business conducted by Owen Cray at 611 Virginia street, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and there was working for Cray one E. L. Stoneham. Stoneham was arrested for selling whiskey, and it seems that he was offered immunity from federal prosecution if he would…