Buchanan v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellant, W.. B. Buchanan, was proceeded against by warrant, issued by the county judge of Harlan county, charging him with the offense of unlawfully having in his possession intoxicating liquor. He was convicted at his trial before that officer and appealed to the Harlan circuit court, where he was again convicted, and complaining of the latter judgment he prosecutes this appeal. The only grounds urged for reversal’ are (1) that the court erred in admitting the testimony of the sheriff, as to the finding of the liquor, because the search of…