Minniard and Turner v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming:

The two above styled cases were heard together in the lower court and will be disposed of here by one opinion. Each of the appellants was, on his trial under a warrant for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors, found guilty, and from the judgment entered on the verdicts, they bring these appeals.

It appears that a deputy sheriff, Lee Cole, accompanied by Isaac Young, who was the chief of police of Evarts, was on a public highway of the county of Harlan about twilight searching' for an escaped felon when they met the two appellants, each…