Coleman v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellant was indicted on March 27, 1914, for violating section 1960 of the Kentucky Statutes, by operating a gambling game. The offense for which he was indicted was committed in December, 1913. On his trial in July, 1914, he was found guilty by the jury and his punishment assessed by the court at a fine of $500 and confinement in the penitentiary for an indeterminate period of not less than one nor more than three years, and he was further, by the judgment disqualified from exercising the right of suffrage and from holding any office of…