Blankenship v. Commonwealth

COMBS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted for a third offense of possessing whisky for sale in local ■option territory. The sentence is one year in the state reformatory. KRS, 242.990. He urges as grounds for reversal: (1) His motion for a continuance should have been sustained; (2)#the affidavits for a search warrant were insufficient; (3) the Commonwealth failed to prove that Lawrence County is local option territory; (4) instructions to the jury were erroneous; and (S) the verdict is not sustained by the evidence.

Appellant was arrested on March 3, 1951. Indictment was returned on March 14,…