Commonwealth v. Stahl

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Logan

'Certifying the law.

Jim Stahl was indicted for murder by the grand jury of Ballard county. When the indictment was returned in open court, the circuit judge noted on it that no bail was allowed. A bench warrant was thereupon issued against Stahl, and he was arrested, and on the day of his arrest he appeared in court and entered a motion for bail. When the hearing came on, he entered a motion that the court adjudge that the 'burden of proof was on the commonwealth at the hearing. The court sustained his motion. The commonwealth’s attorney then produced…