Goins v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

’William; Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

Defendant, Garfield Goins, was convicted of false swearing and giveil an indeterminate sentence in the penitentiary of not less than one year or more than two years. He appeals.

The evidence heard on the trial is in brief as follows: J. S. Lay testified that he was duly elected, qualified and acting justice of the peace at Jellico, Kentucky. On the ____________ day of .............................., 1915, when he was a justice of the peace, and acting as such, he tried the defendant, Garfield Goins, on the charge of selling…