Jackson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

— Reversing..

Elwyn Jackson was jointly indicted with Jim Ping,. Earl "Whitis, Mrs. Cora Colyer, and Lonisa Price for the-crime of “robbery by the use and display of offensive- and deadly weapons, to-wit: pistols. ’ ’ Chapter 52 of the Acts of 1934, now section 1159a of the Kentucky Statutes 1934 Supplement, fixes the penalty for such an offense at death or life imprisonment in the discretion of the jury. The indictment charged a conspiracy, and, in separate counts, charged each of the accused as principal and his or her associates as aiders and abettors. On…