Raymond v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 47. — PROSECUTION AGAINST W. R. RAYMOND FOR BARN BURNING. — Appeal from Payette Circuit Court. "Watts Parker, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals.
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Case 47. — PROSECUTION AGAINST W. R. RAYMOND FOR BARN BURNING. — Appeal from Payette Circuit Court. "Watts Parker, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals. The defendant relies on the following grounds for a reversal: 1. The court should have granted defendant a continuance. 2. The letters alleged to have been written by defendant to Vanmeter were not identified. 3. Proof of the burning of Ruark’s house was improperly admitted. 4. Improper conduct of commonwealth’s attorney. 5. The verdict is not justified by the evidence. AUTHORITIES CITED. Nichols v. Kingdon Iron Ore Co., 56 N. Y.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Barker
Reversing.
The appellant was tried in the Fayette circuit court and found guilty of the offense of barn burning^ and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of six years.
He was the sub-tenant of J. C. Ruark, the tenant of *370S. L. Van Meter, and having had some misunderstanding with the latter, proceedings were instituted against him by Ruark, at the instigation of Van Meter, to evict him from the room he was occupying as sub-tenant. These proceedings were so successful that appellant was forced to leave the premises in February when the weather…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Clark v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- Snapp v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1884
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- Romes v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
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