Hyser v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 38 — Prosecution against Fzra Hyser for Violation of the Local Option Law. APPEAL FROM HART CIRCUIT COURT. From so Much of xi-ie Judgment as Requires the Defendant to Give Bond for His Good Behavior He Appeals. 1. We contend that the amendment to the local' option law of this State approved March 11, 1902, is in violation of section El of the Constitution, as it relates to more than one subject— one inhibiting the illegal .sale of spirituous liquors, another requiring…
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Case 38 — Prosecution against Fzra Hyser for Violation of the Local Option Law. APPEAL FROM HART CIRCUIT COURT. From so Much of xi-ie Judgment as Requires the Defendant to Give Bond for His Good Behavior He Appeals. 1. We contend that the amendment to the local' option law of this State approved March 11, 1902, is in violation of section El of the Constitution, as it relates to more than one subject— one inhibiting the illegal .sale of spirituous liquors, another requiring .persons to give bond for their good behavior, and a third providing that one charged with a criminal offense may be…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE SETTLE
Reversing.
The appellant, Ezra Elyser, was convicted in the lower court under each of four indictments for selling spirituous liquors in violation of the local option law, his punishment in three of the cases being a fine of $60 each, and in the fourth a fine of $100. The fines, together with the costs of the prosecutions, were immediately paid by him. It appears from the record that the four .convictions- of appellant occurred at the same term of court, and the last two of them on the same day, and that these convictions were had under the provisions of an…
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