Sams v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Clarke

Affirming.

Appellant was tried and convicted upon a warrant charging him, with unlawfully and knowingly selling Jamaica ginger, a medicinal preparation, for beverage purposes in violation of section 2554a-5, Kentucky Statutes. His punishment was fixed at a fine of $300.00 and confinement in the county jail for 60 days.

Appellant admitted, as the witnesses for the Commonwealth had testified, that he sold to Milt King upon a single occasion within twelve months .next before the date of the warrant three bottles of Jamaica ginger, and the only question…