Commonwealth v. Congleton

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratlipp

Certifying the law.

At the November, 1936, term of the Powell county circuit court the grand jury returned an indictment against appellee charging him with the offense of destroying the property of another as denounced in section 1256 of the Kentucky Statutes. Omitting the caption and other formalities the indictment reads as follows;

“The Grand Jury of Powell County in the name and by authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Crit Congieton of the offense of unlawfully destroying personal property of another, committed as follows: That said Crit…