Long v. Hamilton

VANCE, Commissioner.

An indictment was returned by the grand jury of Jefferson County, Kentucky, charging appellant with unlawful possession and unlawful sale of the narcotic drug heroin. KRS 218.020. The penalties prescribed by law upon conviction of unlawful possession are confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years and a fine not exceeding $20,000.00 and for illegal sale, imprisonment for not less than five nor more than twenty years and a fine not exceeding $20,000.00. KRS 218.210. At the arraignment proceeding bail was fixed in the amount of $150,000.00…