Scott v. Commonwealth

Stanley, Commissioner,

Reversing.

Tbe appellant, Beatrice Scott, was convicted of keeping intoxicating liquor for sale in local ojotion or dry territory. Tbe penalty was fixed at sixty days in jail and $100 fine. KRS 242.230, 242.990. Tbe motion for an appeal is sustained.

Tbe appellant was in possession of a building in Betsy Lane, Floyd County, in February, 1949. Sbe operated a restaurant, soft drink bar and dance ball in part of it and occupied tbe other part as living quarters. A door opened between tbe two.

Under a search warrant, officers found 26 or 28 half pint bottles of whiskey in a…