Mattingly v. Commonwealth

*223Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarice

Reversing.

On the 25th day of June, 1915, the grand jury of Nelson county reported an indictment against the appellant, accusing him of the crime of unlawfully burning a stack of hay, the property of another, on the............ day of March, 1915.

Upon the 13th of June, 1916, appellant was tried under this indictment and found guilty, his punishment being fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one year, nor more than two years.

While testifying in his own behalf he was asked to; state his age, and replied that he was sixteen years old. No…