Rodgers v. Commonwealth

LATIMER, Justice.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of malicious cutting- and wounding with intent to kill. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the Penitentiary for 9 years. He appeals relying on numerous grounds for reversal.

We have concluded that the judgment will have to be reversed on a ground wholly disconnected with the facts and circumstances of the difficulty. Consequently, it is entirely unnecessary to state the facts, out of which the indictment sprang.

Upon arraignment, and prior to entering a plea thereto, appellant moved to quash the indictment because…