Case Name: WIENTJES v. COMMONWEALTH
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1953-10-02
Citations: 263 S.W.2d 721
Docket Number: 
Parties: WIENTJES v. COMMONWEALTH.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 263
Pages: 721–721

Head Matter:
WIENTJES v. COMMONWEALTH.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky.
Oct. 2, 1953.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 5, 1954.
Gordon B. Winburn, Louisville, for appellant.
, J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Motion for an appeal from the Jefferson Circuit Court, Criminal Branch. L. R. Curtis, Judge.
Herbert A. Wientjes, Sr., was found guilty of operating a handbook in violation of.KRS 436.440, and his punishment fixed at six months in jail and a fine of $1,000. He has filed a motion for an appeal on the grounds that the evidence was obtained by an illegal search, and that it was error for the trial judge'to examine a prospective juror in chambers and out of the presence of the panel.
We are affirming the judgment because we think the evidence was obtained by a legal search, and that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion when he examined a prospective juror in chambers and out of the presence of the panel.
Judgment affirmed.