Oaks v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by Chief Justice Fulton Dismissing Appeal. The punishment of the appellants was fixed at a fine of forty dollars and imprisonment for thirty days upon their conviction for violation of the local option law. They have made a motion for an appeal. This court is without jurisdiction of an appeal in a misdemeanor case where the fine is less than fifty dollars or where the imprisonment does not exceed thirty days. Criminal Code of Practice, sec. 347; Hodge v. Com., 200 Ky. 125, 252 S. W. 576; Compton v. Com., 270 Ky. 51, 109 S. W. 2d 16; Murphy v. Com., 275 Ky. 318, 121 S. W. 2d 704. The appeal is dismissed.