Mitchell v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

At the May term, 1930, of the Montgomery circuit court, the appellant Bus Mitchell, and Penny Stanhope and others, were indicted for stealing chickens of the value of $2 or more, a crime defined by section 1201c, Ky. Statutes. Stanhope was convicted on a plea of guilty, and being under the age of 17, was committed to the school of reform at Greendale, Ky., where he was confined at the time of the trial of appellant. At his trial, the appellant Bus Mitchell was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement for a period of one year in the…