King v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Reversing.

P. J. King was convicted under the provisions of section 1213a, Kentucky Statutes, of the crime of uttering a “cold check.” On this appeal he urges several grounds for reversal, among others that the court erred in not giving a peremptory instruction to find him not guilty.

In the summer of 1923, J. N. Holbrook was engaged in the business of selling automobiles in Lawrence county. A new Buick machine listed at $985.00 had been damaged in transit and he was offering it at a discount.

King seems to have lived in West Virginia, but at the time was…