Mammoth Cave Railroad v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

The appellant operates a railroad between Glasgow Junction and Mammoth Cave, in Barren county, which is nine miles in length. ' An indictment was returned against it in the Barren circuit court charging it with failure to provide separate coaches, or compartments, for white and colored passengers, as provided by section 795, Kentucky Statutes. Upon a trial before a jury, it was found guilty of the offense charged and adjudged to pay a fine of $500.00, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

*748The proof shows that the only train operated by the…