Carroll v. Commonwealth

MOREMAN, Judge.

Appellant, Gordon Carroll, was convicted in the Floyd Circuit Court of possessing alcoholic beverages in dry territory for the purpose of sale. He was fined $50 *939and sentenced to confinement in jail for 60 days.

On October 7, 1955, John May, justice of the peace, issued a warrant for the search of the premises of the Truck Miners’ Association, Inc. On the same day, the deputy sheriff raided the club room of that organization and there found appellant behind a counter.. He seized three cases and seven cans of beer, three half pints of gin and two half pints of whiskey. On the 25th…