Beshears v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas

Affirming.

On February 5, 1931, tbe grand jury of Hopkins county returned an indictment against appellant and defedant below, Ray Beshears, charging him with unlawfully possessing spirituous, vinous, malt, and intoxicat ing liquor, and it was appropriately averred in the indictment that defendant had, since March 22, 1922, when our present prohibition law took effect, committed the same offense and for which he had been previously convicted in the Madisonville police court. Defendant’s demurrer to the first offense charged in the indictment was…