Commonwealth v. Shields
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 16 — INDICTMENT APPEAL FROM OHIO CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Crim. Code, sec. 328; also 242 lo 245.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
dehivebed the opinion op the oohbt:
Pleasant W. Shields was indicted, tried, and convicted, in the Ohio circuit court, of the murder- of Henry A. Hocker, and the court having granted him a new trial on grounds mainly involving irregularity in or relating to the sheriff and jury, this appeal is prosecuted by the Commonwealth, upon the' suggestion of the Attorney General, that it Is important to the correct and uniform administration of the criminal law that this court decide the questions on which the court below acted in granting a new trial.
Three points are presented for our…
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- Riggsby v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
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