Layne v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellants and Wood Meade were indicted by tbe grand jury of Floyd county for tbe murder of French Martin. Upon joint trial of Layne and Castle in the Lawrence circuit court, a verdict of guilty was returned, the jury fixing the penalty in each case at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary. From a judgment in accord with the verdict an appeal is prosecuted.

Appellants insist that they were prejudiced in their substantial rights, because the court erroneously allowed the Commonwealth a change of venue from Floyd, the county in which the…