Commonwealth v. Lay

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

This case arises under the provisions of chapter 53 of the Acts of 1916, which amends sub-section 3 of section 2557b of the Kentucky Statutes, relating to the punishment of persons for violating the local option law.

Under sub-section 2 of section 2557b of the Kentucky Statutes the penalty for a violation of the local option law is a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than fifty days.

Sub-section 3 of the same section, before the amendment of 1916, further provided as follows: