Baldwin v. Commonwealth

STEINFELD, Judge.

James W. Baldwin was charged with transporting alcoholic beverages for the purpose of sale in local option territory. KRS 242.230. In the Rockcastle Quarterly Court a jury found him guilty and fixed his fine at $100. KRS 242.990(1). Baldwin appealed to the Rockcastle Circuit Court (KRS 23.032) where a jury returned a guilty verdict and fixed punishment at $100 fine and thirty days in jail. Baldwin appealed the judgment to this court CRCr 12.52, claiming that the quarterly court had no jurisdiction to try him because the authorized penalty included forfeiture of his…