Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Commonwealth

*2Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company appeals from a judgment imposing a fine of $250.00 for its failure to provide at Morehead a convenient and suitable water closet and maintain it in decent order and repair.

Our code requires that instructions in criminal cases ;.be written, and the provision applies to misdemeanors unless the requirements be waived. Sec. 225 Criminal Code; Adams Express Company v. Com., 163 Ky. 275, 173 S. W. 764. Here the company did not waive the requirement, but moved the court to instruct the jury in…