Thomas v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Cheep Justice Clay

Reversing.

Briggs Thomas was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and has prayed an appeal.

The principal ground on which a reversal is asked is that all the evidence was obtained by an illegal search.

Thomas was the lessee of a three-story building on Main street in Bowling Green. The first floor was used for a restaurant, and the second and third floors were occupied by him and his wife as living apartments. At the right of the restaurant is a door opening into a private stairway that leads to the street from the second and third…