Bell v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

At Ms trial in the Bullitt circuit court on an indictment charging him with stealing chickens of the value of $2 or more, which is made a felony by section 1201c of our present Statutes, the appellant, H. J. Bell, was convicted and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a periocl of 1 year. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and on this appeal from the judgment pronounced on the verdict his counsel urges as grounds for reversal (1) failure of the court to sustain the demurrer filed to the indictment; (2) refusal of the court to…