Legal Opinion

Elliott v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 11, 1876PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Case 40 — INDICTMENT APPEAL FROM GREENUP CIECÜIT COURT. CITED General Statutes, p. 337. Criminal Code, sec. 259. CITED Wharton on Criminal Law, pp. 655, 661, 665. 3 Met. 234, Glackan v. Commonwealth. 6 Car. & P. 390, Rex v. Williams. 9 Car. & P. 784, Rex v. Rodnay.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Peters

The appellant was indicted in the Greenup Circuit Court for grand larceny, described in the indictment as having been committed as follows: “The said John Elliott, on the day of February, 1876, in the county aforesaid, feloniously stole, took, and carried away one axe and various other articles of personal property, specifically named, with their respective *177values attached, all being the personal property of J. C. Irvin as bailee, and of the value of more than $4 in the aggregate.” And having been tried and found guilty by the jury, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Allen v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Hudspeth v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
  3. Housh v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1897
  4. Murphy v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  5. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1920

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