Commonwealth v. Gresham

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt—

Granting writ of prohibition.

One Dewey Drowns was convicted of the offense of chicken stealing, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for the period of one year. The trial occurred in the Graves circuit court on the 25th day of November, 1921, and Drowns was convicted upon a plea of guilty. He entered no motion for a now trial, but tbe court did not sentence him, nor render judgment upon the verdict until the 23rd day of December, 1921, upon which day he was taken in custody by the sheriff and delivered *28to officers of the…