Commonwealth v. Crass

Opinion or the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing.

The appellee, Will Crass, was indicted by the grand jury of Graves county for betting on an election. Graves county extends southwardly to the Tennessee state line, and Dukedom is situated in Tennessee immediately south of and next to the Graves county line.

The defense is that the bet was not made in Kentucky but was made at Dukedom, in Tennessee. Upon a trial of the case by the circuit judge without the intervention of a jury, Crass was acquitted. The Commonwealth appeals.

The Commonwealth introduced but one witness — -. W. J. Simpson — the man…