Legal Opinion

Baker v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 28, 1923PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

Appellant, charged by warrant with unlawfully selling liquor, was convicted first in the quarterly court, and then upon his appeal to .the circuit court. For reversal of the latter judgment, he argues that the court erred in permitting the warrant to be amended in the circuit court, and that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence.

*295The first contention is wholly without merit, since we repeatedly have held that a defective warrant may be amended in the circuit court upon trial of an appeal from an inferior court, just as was done here.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Walters v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  2. Mattingly v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  3. Pulliam v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  4. Johnson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  5. Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Nelson v. Commonwealth.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
  2. Alsept v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  3. Wax v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
  4. Dotson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
  5. Saylor v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930

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