Legal Opinion

Combest v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided January 13, 1925PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

The indictment accuses Elbert McBath and Aubrey Combest of the offense of “unlawfully manufacturing, selling, giving away and keeping for sale, having in possession and transporting, spirituous, vinous, malt or intoxicating liquors” other than for purposes allowed by law. A trial resulted in a conviction of both McBath and Combest, but Combest alone prosecutes this appeal.

The demurrer to the indictment was properly overruled when the Commonwealth elected to try appellant *555for the offense of having whiskey in possession. Davis v. Com., 201 Ky. 300;…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Davis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  2. Easterling v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Hudson and Walker v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926

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