Minton v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Knight

— Reversing.

At the January 1947 term of the Laurel Circuit Court, Hootis Minton was found guilty by a jury of the offense of possessing liquor for the purpose of sale in local option territory and his punishment fixed at one hundred dollars finq and fifty-five days in the county jail. From that verdict and the judgment thereon he prosecutes this appeal, under proper motion.

All the evidence produced against him at the trial was obtained as a result of a search of his premises. The warrant authorizing that search was obtained as the result of an affidavit…