Hazlewood v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

The appellants, J. E. Hazlewood, Clarence Hazlewood, Tom Longo and J. J. Moore, together with A. Longo, were jointly indicted by the grand jnry of Boyle county for keeping a disorderly bouse. The offense being a common nuisance, the common law punishment is a fine *234In any amount or imprisonment in the county jail any length of time, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the jury.

Upon the trial, A.. Longo was acquitted by the jury in obedience to a peremptory instruction from the circuit court, but the appellants were all…