SHELTON v. COMMONWEALTH


229 S.W.2d 444 (1950)

312 Ky. 651

SHELTON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Campbell, Barbourville, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Wm. F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


LATIMER, Justice

Appellant was convicted of the offense of possessing a "moonshine still" and given a fine of $250 and 30 days in jail.

The chief ground urged for reversal is insufficiency of evidence. Since we have concluded the court erred in overruling motion for directed verdict based on that ground, it will be unnecessary to discuss any of the other grounds urged.

The record discloses that while the sheriff and two deputies were conducting a search...

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