Bates v. Commonwealth

Opinion op-the Court by

Judge Logan

Reversing.

Officers of the law in Letcher county obtained a search warrant authorizing them to -search the premises of the appellant. He resided in a ten-room house, although he occupied only five rooms. Two men roomed in his house. When the officers went to his home and informed him that they had a search warrant, he -authorized them to search the premises, and in doing so- they found in one -of the upstairs rooms a gallon of whiskey in a demijohn, and whiskey in a fruit jar and some in bottles in another room. Appellant testified that he did not know the…