Asher v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

Late in the afternoon of Friday, May 15, 1926, Ed. T. G-raves, who was in one of the rooms of the Paramount Hotel, in Lexington, was robbed at the point of a pistol. At the time of the robbery, he was alone in the room. The robber secured between $420 and $460. Later the appellant was arrested in Detroit, Mich., charged with this robbery. On his trial he was convicted and given a sentence of 2 years in the penitentiary. He has appealed.

As grounds for reversal, appellant insists that he was entitled to a peremptory instruction, and that the court…