201 Ky. 849 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1924
Opinion of the Court by
Affirming.
Appellant Bartholomew complains of a judgment of conviction of selling intoxicating liquors, fixing his punishment at a fine of $100.00 and confinement in the county jail for thirty days, and insists that it should be reversed because, as he says, the evidence does not support the verdict, and further that the evidence for the Commonwealth was given by witnesses whose standing and integrity did not warrant the jury to give weight to their testimony. It is also stated in the brief of appellant that since the trial of the case he has discovered another witness who would have testified for him as to the facts in this case, but he admits the evidence would have been cumulative. The evidence is rather lengthy for a case of this character. The Commonwealth called as its first witness, officer Joe McGregor, who testified in substance that he on February 6, 1923, at about 7:25 p. m., was in the soft drink stand and restaurant of appellant Bartholomew, at 1556 West Oak street, Louisville, Jefferson county, when the witness Perkins came into the place and asked for a ham sandwich, whereupon appellant went into a back room, used as a part of the dwelling house, and came out with a half-pint of moonshine whiskey which he delivered to the witness Perkins, who in turn gave appellant one ($1) dollar in money; that thereafter he arrested both Perkins and appellant and obtained the half-pint of liquor which he produced at the trial, and which was shown by analysis to be intoxicating. Perkins also testified to the purchase of the liquor at the same time and place. While there was .some slight discrepancy between the evidence of the officer and that of Perkins about collateral matters, their evidence upon the whole was substantially the same. Appellant Bartholomew denied the sale, In fact he denied the whole transaction,
Finding no error to the prejudice of the substantial rights of appellant, the judgment is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.