Ginter v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Justice.

John Ginter was convicted of carrying concealed a deadly weapon on or about his *179person and sentenced to serve two years and a day in the penitentiary. See KRS 435.-230. He appeals, insisting the search disclosing the weapon was unauthorized and in violation of his constitutional rights, so that his conviction, he claims, was based upon evidence illegally obtained.

The evidence is undisputed that at approximately 6:00 p. m. on August 9, 1952, in response to a call, four officers of the Winchester police department went to a beer tavern and restaurant on North Main Street of…