Young v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

This is an appeal by T. B. Yonng from a judgment convicting him of having intoxicating liquors in his possession for the purpose of sale and fixing his punishment at a fine of $-300.00 and 40 days in jail.

The only question we deem it necessary to consider is whether appellant was entitled to a peremptory instruction at the conclusion of the evidence for the Commonwealth.

The material facts developed by the evidence are as follows: On January 21,1922, two packages shipped from Glenn Mary, Tennessee, and consigned to Sam Taylor at Nicholasville,…