Bass v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless

Reversing.

Clande Bass was convicted of the crime of embezzlement, and he appeals. The indictment was drawn under section 1202, Kentucky Statutes, and in these words:

“The grand jurors of the county of Hopkins county, in the name and by the authority of the commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Claude Bass of the crime of embezzling to his own use and the use of another United States Liberty Loan bonds committed in manner and form as follows, to-wit: The said Claude Bass in the said county of Hopkins on the -day of --, 1921, and before the finding of this…