Branson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 64 —INDICTMENT— APPEAL PROM HARLAN CIRCUIT COURT. Ho brief in record. In order to avail of error in the admission of incompetent evidence there must be an objection to the admission of the evidence and an exception to the action of the court in admitting it.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIBE JUSTICE .HOLT
delivered, the opinion of the court.
The appellant, 'William Branson, was jointly indicted with his father, Hezekiah Branson, and his brother-in-law, George Noe, for breaking into a storehouse and stealing goods therefrom. Upon a separate trial he was convicted, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.
No brief is on file for him, but the grounds for a new trial show that he claims the verdict is contrary to the evidence ; that incompetent testimony was admitted against him, and the jury not only not fully, but improperly, instructed.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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