Commonwealth v. Hart
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 3 — INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM RUSSELL CIRCUIT COURT. The provision of section 1594 of the Kentucky Statutes, requiring strong corroborating circumstances in order to convict upon the testimony of a single witness, applies only where the charge is bribery in elections.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE GUFFY
delivered the opinion op the court.
On tlie 21st of February, 1S95, the grand jury of Russell county returned an indictment against Dock Hart, accusing him of the offense of furnishing spirituous liquors to J. 0. Isbell on the 21st of May, 1894, being the day of a primary election being then held in said county.
At a subsequent term of the Russell Circuit Court a trial was had, the defendant pleading not guilty. The Commonwealth introduced Isbell and by him proved the offense as charged, but introduced no other proof. Thereupon the defendant moved for a peremptory instruction to the…
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