Cornett v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Miller

Affirming.

The appellant, Lucian Cornett, was indicted in the Perry circuit court for having intoxicating liquor in his possession on March 5th, 1916, for the purpose of selling it in local option territory. Upon his trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and fixed his punishment at a fine of $100.00 and confinement in the county jail for forty days, and applied the working statute to the verdict.. Cornett appeals, insisting that the verdict was rendered through passion or prejudice of the jury, and is not supported by the evidence.

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