Biggs v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke —

Reversing.

The grand jury of Carter county, by indictment returned August 9,1922, charged the appellant, his brother Bob Biggs, his sister Maude Biggs, and his. nephew Cam Biggs, of the crime of entering into a conspiracy with each other and one Dominique Gruerdini, an Italian, to murder Charles F. Duvall in that county, unsuccessfully attempted by Gruerdini in pursuance of such conspiracy. Appellant procured a change of venue to' Lawrence county, where a trial resulted in his conviction and sentence to the penitentiary for eight years.

Of the grounds urged…