Patrick v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

'Chiep Justice Clay

Reversing.

On September 29, 1926, the grand jury of Magoffin county returned the following indictment:

“Magoffin Circuit Court.

‘ ‘ Commonwealth of Kentucky against Floyd Patrick.

“Indictment — Drunkenness.

‘ ‘ The grand jury of Magoffin county, in the name and by the authority of the commonwealth of Kentucky, accused Floyd Patrick of the offense of drunkenness, committed as follows: The said defendant on the 28th of. September, 1926, in the county and circuit aforesaid, did unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously and while a county officer of Magoffin…