Commonwealth v. Petty
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 75 —INDICTMENT— APPEAL PROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT. Citations: Rash v. Farley, 91 Ky., 344; Rash v. Holloway, 82 Ky., 674; Commonwealth v. Jones, 7 Bush, 502; Spadone v. Reed, 7 Bush, 455; Brown v. Young, 2 B. M., 26; Bull v. Harragan, 17 B. M., 749.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PAYNTER
delivered the opinion of the court.
The grand jury of Christian county returned an indictment against the appellee, Ebenezer Petty, charging that he did nnlawfully sell and offer for sale the *453patent right to make and use a certain machine or contrivance called a post and pile driver, and did sell territory for the use, sale and manufacture of the post and pile driver without first having obtained a license as required by law, and that at the time'he was an itinerant person selling and offering to sell the patent right and territory as stated. This indictment is under the statute…
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