Legal Opinion

Belcher v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided October 15, 1926PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

This is ail appeal from a judgment of the Warren circuit -court approving’ a jury verdict by which the appellant, Arthur Belcher, was found guilty of a second offense against the statute known as the “Rash-Gullion Act” (chapter 33, Acts General Assembly 1922), viz.: that of unlawfully having in his possession intoxicating liquors, and his punishment fixed at confinement of -two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment under which the appellant’s conviction was obtained, in addition to charging him with the commission of the second offense name.d…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. May v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
  2. Commonwealth v. CoverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
  2. Jacobs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
  3. Poppe v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Carter v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
  5. Boswell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986

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