Lewis v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hobson

Reversing.

John Lewis, a policeman in the city of Mayfield, had a warrant of arrest for James Puckett, which had been placed in his hands by the police judge that afternoon for execution. Learning that Puckett was in a restaurant, he went to the restaurant, found Puckett there, called him outside, informed him that he had a warrant for his arrest, and requested him to go with him to the city hall and fix the matter up. The warrant was for selling whisky illegally. Puckett consented to go and they started to the city hall. When they reached Eighth street,…