Alexander v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Cbeal, Commissioner—

Affirming.

G. Hershel Alexander, Bernard Pfeiffer, Fred Boone, and Arthur Tonan, alias Robert Coleman, alias George Mason, have been jointly indicted by the grand jury of Kenton county for the crime of robbery with offensive weapons, and, upon separate trial, Alexander has been found guilty and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for 21 years. He is appealing.

As grounds for reversal it is argued in substance (1) that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence, since it is sufficient to merely raise a suspicion of appellant’s guilt; (2) that…