Howard v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Yan Sant, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Dillard Howard and his codefendant, Dan Howard, were convicted of the crime of willfully confederating and banding themselves together and going forth armed for the purpose of intimidating or alarming another person. Each was convicted and sentenced to one year in the state reformatory. From this judgment Dillard Howard has appealed.

He complains (1) that the court erred in admitting incompetent evidence introduced by the Commonwealth, and (2) that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict.

At the outset, there is presented a…