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Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976), 1927

McCoy v. Commonwealth

McCoy v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · Decided March 4, 1927 · Dietzman
291 S.W. 1063; 218 Ky. 700; 1927 Ky. LEXIS 226 (South Western Reporter)

Counsel

F. M. BURKE for appellant., FRANK E. DAUGHERTY, Attorney General, and MOORMAN DITTO, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

McCoy v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing

The appellant was convicted of the offense of the unlawful possession of liquor, being tried in his absence. He has appealed.

It is impossible to distinguish this case in its essential facts from that of Wallen v. Commonwealth, 204 Ky. 612, 264 S. W. 1106, and on the authority of that case the judgment of the lower court herein is reversed, with instructions to grant the appellant a new trial herein.

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