Dukes v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Moorman

Affirming.

Jolm Dukes was convicted in tke Christian circuit court of tke offense of unlawfully having’ in Ms possession spirituous and intoxicating liquors for tke purpose of sale, and was sentenced to serve sixty days in the county jail .and to pay a fine of one hundred dollars. He is appealing, and insists that the judgment should be reversed (a) on the ground .of the admission of incompetent evidence procured under an illegal search warrant, and (b) because the verdict of the jury is not supported by the evidence.

On the first ground mentioned, the…