Damron v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court By

Drury, Commissioner —

Reversing.

The appellant was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $300.00 and imprisonment for sixty days. The indictment charges the appellant with several different offenses, but as judgment was taken against him by default, we have no means of knowing of just which offense he was found guilty. His conviction occurred -on February 19, 1924, which was the second day of the Pike circuit court. The appellant was indicted in September, 1923, and shortly after hi-s indictment he was arrested, and when…