Howard v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The appellant, Tom Howard, to whom we shall hereafter refer as defendant, was indicted by the grand jury of Boyd county charged with the offense denounced in section 3914b-l of the Kentucky Statutes, by operating a pool room and handbook, whereby bets were made, on horse races, etc. At his trial under his plea of not guilty he was convicted and punished by fine and imprisonment within the limitations of the statute creating' the offense. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he has filed a copy of the transcript in this court with a motion…