Turner v. Commonwealth

HOWARD, Judge.

The appellants were jointly indicted July 8, 1975, by the Floyd County grand jury *267under Indictment No. 4253 charging a violation Ky.Rev.Stat. Ch. 242.230 and more specifically stated: “possession of alcoholic beverages for purposes of sale in local option territory”. The appellants were found guilty by the jury on May 3, 1976, and their punishment was fixed at sixty (60) days in the county jail and a $100.00 fine.

The principal witness for the Commonwealth was Sheriff Joe Wheeler Lewis who testified that on July 8, 1975, he had in his possession a search warrant directing him to…