Legal Opinion

Embry v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 10, 1881PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Case 89 — INDICTMENT APPEAL FROM OHIO CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The court erred in overruling appellant’s demurrer to the indictment. 2. And erred in instructions to the jury. No brief.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lewis

The appellant and Louis Hix were indicted under the second section of the act, entitled “An act to amend chapter 28 of the Revised Statutes, title ‘ Crimes and Punishments,’” approved April 11, 1873, for the offense of unlawfully confederating together for the purpose of intimidating, alarming, and disturbing another.

Appellant having been convicted, and adjudged to be confined in the penitentiary eleven months, appeals to this court for reversal of the judgment.

The facts stated in the indictment as constituting the offense are, that ‘ ‘ said Embry and Hix, in the county of Ohio, on the — day…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Baker v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
  2. Commonwealth v. MosbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
  3. State v. PorterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Ball v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  5. Commonwealth v. VoilsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931

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