Southern Express Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hurt

— Affirming.

On tiie 5th day of March, 1917', the Commonwealth’s attorney, in whose district the county of McLean is situated, instituted this penal action, in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, against the appellant, Southern Express Company, and sought to recover a judgment against it for a fine of two hundred dollars, for a violation of subsection 2, of section 2569b, Kentucky Statutes. The appellant was duly summoned and entered a plea of not guilty to the charge in the petition. *768A trial before tbe court and jury resulted in a verdict of guilty, by…