Robertson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

— Affirming.

Willie Robertson and Charlie Parker were- jointly indicted for unlawfully and maliciously assaulting Otis Bond with an intent to rob him, a crime defined by section 1160 of the Kentucky Statutes. On his separate trial Willie Robertson was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-one years. He urges- as grounds for reversal (1) that his demurrer to the indictment should have been sustained; (2) irregularities in impaneling the j'ury; (3) the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; (4) errors in the…