Starkey v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming

This prosecution began with the arrest of appellant under a warrant from the Pikeville polieé court charging him with the statutory offense of willfully and unlawfully flourishing a pistol; a deadly weapon. His trial by a jury in the police court under the charge in the warrant resulted in a verdict finding him guilty and_ inflicting upon him a fine of $50.00. He took an appeal from the judgment entered on that verdict to the Pike circuit court, but failed to appear or make defense on his trial in that court wherein, probably by reason of his…