Davidson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of robbery, and Ms punishment fixed at two years’ imprisonment.

The principal ground urged below for a new trial, and relied on here for a reversal of the judgment, is that the special judge was without authority to try appellant. The facts disclosed by the record and amended record brought up by the commonwealth are these:

On February 29, 1928, and during the regular February, 1928, term of the Boyd circuit court, an order was entered calling a special term of the court to be held at Catlettsburg, and to begin on March 12, and…