Powell v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Nunn

Affirming.

Appellant was tried in the Estill Circuit Court and convicted of violating the local option law by selling to one Rawlins a pint of whiskey. The prosecuting witness, Rawlins, testified that within twelve mouths before the charge was instituted, he bought from appellant one pint of whiskey and paid him seventy-five cents for it; that he bought the whiskey at the home of appellant. On cross-examination, he stated that he was sent to jail on a charge of selling the same whiskey to another person; that he swore out this warrant against appellant before…