Combs v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Nunn

Affirming.

The appellant, John S. Combs, is a negro school teacher in Perry county, and his brother, Brit Combs, is a practicing physician, and has a place of business (not named) in Hazard, the county seat of that county. John S. Combs, the appellant, was indicted and fined $60 for the offense of having whisky in his possession for the purpose of sale in Perry county, a territory where the sale of such liquor is prohibited by law.

We gather from the testimony of the express agent at Hazard and the appellant — the only witnesses in the case — that Brit Combs…