Shoupe v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sims

Dismissing appeal.

Appellants, O. V. Shoupe and W. H. Edmunds, were tried in the Harlan Police Court on warrants charging them with handling reptiles in a religious service. Each was convicted and given a fine of $100. On an appeal to the Harlan Circuit Court the two cases were tried together by agreement, or at least without objection, the record not being clear on this point, and each appellant was convicted and given a fine of $50.

The motion and grounds for a new trial was overruled on February 6, 1948, and appellants were given until the twelfth day…