Commonwealth v. Bates

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Willts

Affirming.

The commonwealth seeks to reverse an adverse judgment rendered on an appeal from the county court, upon the ground that the circuit court had not acquired jurisdiction of the case.

A warrant had been issued by the county judge against Josh'Bates for an alleged violation of the prohibition law. Pie was convicted in the county court, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $100 and confinement for thirty days in the county jail. On the day the judgment was rendered in the county court, Bates went before the clerk of the Wayne circuit court and executed…