Davis v. Commonwealth

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appeal is from the conviction of the defendants Hannah Davis, Clyde Spence and Bill Bishop, Jr. of statutory conspiracy. The Legislature, at its last session, reduced the offense to a misdemeanor and fixed the penalty the same as for a common law conspiracy. KRS 437.110. The penalty for each of the defendants was fixed at sixty days in jail and $100 fine.

The Commonwealth’s proof is that these men were members of a group, variously estimated from fifteen to thirty, who went to a construction job in Middlesboro to induce and intimidate the workmen there into…