Scarf v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

On September 21,1921, the grand jury of Pike county returned into court an indictment against the appellant, John Scalf, the validity and sufficiency of which, is not and may not be questioned, charging him with incest with his daughter, Maud Scalf, and later in the term the court by notice duly posted called a special term of the court to be held on a named day in the following December. Later, and on the 14th day of October the indictment against appellant was set for trial during the special called term, and it was tried on the 9th day of…