Hughes v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the 'Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The appellant, C. W. Hughes, was .indicted by the grand jury of Jessamine county in which he was accused of committing the offense denounced by chapter 62, p. 180, Session Acts of 1926, and which was an amendment to section 1213a of Carroll’s Statutes, Edition of 1922, and all of which is generally referred to as the “cold check” statute; Under a plea of not guilty, he was convicted and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years, and by this appeal he seeks a reversal of the judgment pronounced on that verdict. The…