Josselson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, C ommissioner

Reversing.

Appellant, Frank Josselson, was indicted for the offense of selling, loaning, procuring for and furnishing intoxicating liquors to another in Pike County, Kentucky, where the local option law was in force. He was tried and convicted, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $60. From the judgment of conviction he prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence heard on the trial is, in substance, as follows;

H. M. Hoskins, the purchaser of the liquor, states that while in a pool room in Pikeville, appellant inquired of him if he “wanted…