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LORMAN v. COMMONWEALTH

269 S.W.2d 243 (1954)

LORMAN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 11, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvert C. Little, London, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., William F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLIKEN, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of the illegal possession of liquor in dry territory, fined $50, and sentenced to thirty days in jail. No direct evidence was presented at the trial, and the appellant was convicted on circumstantial evidence alone, about which this court has said:

"* * * circumstantial evidence to sustain a conviction must be so unequivocal and incriminating as to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of innocence * * *" and ...

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