Brown v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellant, Sam Brown, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Hardin circuit court, upon the charge of unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor. The court overruled his motion for a new trial and he has appealed, relying for a reversal solely upon the ground that the evidence for the Commonwealth was incompetent, it not having been obtained by a search warrant.

The substance of the testimony introduced by the Commonwealth, and which was undenied, was: That defendant ’s automobile was parked in front of a pool room in the town of Vine Grove and…