Legal Opinion

Medcalf v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided November 27, 1886PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Case 66 — MOTION APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. Briefs not in record.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE LEWIS

DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT.

May 13,1886, Wm. Medcalf was, under an indictment for a felony, found guilty, and judgment rendered *486against him. And October 23 he made a motion in this co art to have a transcript of the record of the case then filed, and his appeal docketed and set for trial.

The jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals, in prosecutions for felonies, exists alone in virtue of article 1, chapter 1, title 10, Criminal Code, and, in the language of section 334, it exists subject to the restrictions contained in that article.

Section 336 is as follows: “An appeal may be…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mackey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1882

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Adkins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
  2. Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  3. Berge v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  4. Commonwealth v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  5. Flowers v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913

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