Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Turner

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 8, 1871PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Case 1 — INDICTMENT— APPEAL FROM GALLATIN CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Bevised Statutes, see. 8, art. 25, chap. 28, 1 Stanton, 411. CITED Wharton’s American Criminal Law, sec. 864. Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, “Willfully.”

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE PETERS

delivered the opinion op the court.

This is an indictment under sec. 8, art. 25, chap. 28, 1 Revised Statutes, 411, which reads as follows: “If any person shall willfully kill, disfigure, or maim any horse, cow, mule, jack, or genet not his own, without the consent of the owner, he shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one nor more than six months,” etc.

The indictment in this case charged that appellee did unlawfully shoot and kill a bay mare, aged about two years, of the value of one hundred dollars, the personal property…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Carroll v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  2. Allen v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
  3. Ellis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879
  4. Commonwealth v. DrewryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
  5. Lancaster Hotel Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912

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