Commonwealth v. Lacey

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

Under an indictment charging the appellee, Lacey, with obtaining from C. C. McAlister a note for one thousand dollars by falsely and fraudulently representing that he was the agent of the Tennessee Life Insurance Co., the parties went to trial before a jury. At the conclusion of the evidence for the Commonwealth the trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant, and the Commonwealth appeals for the purpose of having the law applicable to this class of eases determined by this court.

A general demurrer to the indictment was overruled, but in…