Skidmore v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson—

Reversing.

Appellant Skidmore was convicted in the Powell circuit court of the offense of having in possession intoxicating liquors not for sacramental, medicinal, scientific or mechanical purposes, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $200.00 and thirty days in the county jail. He appeals.

He and two other men were sitting in or near the public highway when the jailor and other peace officers drove up in an automobile and saw appellant with a jar containing whiskey in his hands, which he passed to another member of the party, who returned it- to…