Hughes v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees —

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of tbe offense denounced by section 1213a, Kentucky Statutes, commonly called the “cold check” statute, and sentenced to a term of one year in the penitentiary. He had been previously tried for the same offense and convicted, but the judgment was reversed because the indictment had been drawn under the 1926 amendment (Acts 1926, c. 62) to section 1213a, which had been declared invalid. Hughes v. Commonwealth, 228 Ky. 730, 15 S. W. (2d) 421. Appellant was again indicted, this time under the old law, section 1213a. No…