Owens v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Knight

Reversing-

Statement.

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Boyd County for tbe crime of setting up and carrying on a game of chance known as poker in violation of KRS 436.230. Upon trial of the case before a jury, he was convicted and his punishment fixed at a fine of $500 and one year in the State Penitentiary. From a judgment based on that verdict, he prosecutes this appeal.

Points on Appeal.

Reversal of the judgment is sought on four grounds: (1) Error of the trial court in overruling appellant’s motion to quash the search warrant and to suppress the…