Conn v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas

Reversing.

The appellant, Andrew Conn, was indicted by the grand jury of Carter county and accused of committing the offense of subornation of perjury, which is denounced by section 1177 of Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes. At his trial under a plea of not guilty he was convicted and punished by confinement for one year in the state penitentiary. • His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he prosecutes this appeal. Before discussing the merits, it will be necessary at this point to state in a general way the facts upon which the prosecution was based.

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