Legal Opinion

Lee v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 26, 1911PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Marion Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

The appellant, Albert Lee, was indicted, tried and fined $60.00 for selling- liquor to George Johnson, in Marion County, without a license so to do.

Appellant claimed to be merely the president of a “distributing club” which operated precisely in the manner narrated in Commonwealth v. Lee, 140 Ky. 318, The appellee in that case is the appellant in this case and this indictment and prosecution grew out of one of appellant’s weekly “distributions” therein described. On these occasions, from one to four barrels of whiskey would be distributed among…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Partin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  2. Commonwealth v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. ProvencherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  2. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  3. Simpson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  4. People v. WinklerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916

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