Meyers v. Commonwealth

Opinion .op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

Appellant, Omar Meyers was indicted by the grand jury of Bracken county jointly with his father, Fred Meyers, and his brother, Andy Meyers, in which they were charged with the offense of feloniously setting fire to and burning the ‘ barn of their neighbor, Wilfred Cooper, and upon his separate trial, which he demanded, he • was convicted and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years. He moved for a new trial, which was overruled, and he prosecutes this appeal. Numerous alleged errors are contained in the motion for a…