Blackburn v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 41 — INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM BALLARD CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Phillips on Evidence, title “Accomplice.” Criminal Code, section 239. 3 Met. 337, Higgs v. Wilson. 6 B. Mon. 342, Vaughn v. Hann. 1 Bibb, 611, Snelling v. Utterback. 16 N. Y. 358, Hoskins v. The People. (Brief not in record.)
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COPER
DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT.
Having been convicted of the crime of mule-stealing, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of three years, the appellant, Fee Blackburn, has appealed to this court to obtain a reversal of that judgment.
It will be necessary, in order to obtain a clear understanding of the questions to be decided, to make a somewhat extended statement of the evidence introduced on the trial.
The commonwealth introduced Robert Nevill, who proved that he was the owner of the mule alleged to have been stolen, and that he allowed his son William…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Champ v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
- Snelling v. UtterbackCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1809
- Brady v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1875
- Higgs v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1860
- Vaughn & McKee's Heirs v. HannCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1846
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