JOSEPH v. COMMONWEALTH


324 S.W.2d 126 (1959)

Harold JOSEPH, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude P. Stephens, Prestonsburg, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., William F. Simpson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

Harold Joseph was convicted of illegally possessing alcoholic beverages. He was fined $20 and was sentenced to sixty days' confinement in jail. He has moved for an appeal, and urges that incompetent evidence obtained as a result of an illegal search was admitted.

Epp Lafferty, chief of police in Prestonsburg, observed Joseph driving a motor vehicle in excess of the speed limit. Lafferty, accompanied by Bill Little, not an officer...

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