Curtis v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 100 — Indictment for Having and Keeping in Possession Burglars’ Tools, with Intent to Use Them Burglariously— APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CRIMINAL DIVISION. Judgment of Conviction and Defendant Appeals.
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Case 100 — Indictment for Having and Keeping in Possession Burglars’ Tools, with Intent to Use Them Burglariously— APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CRIMINAL DIVISION. Judgment of Conviction and Defendant Appeals. In appellant’s motion for a new trial in the lower court, he ■ gave six reasons why a new trial should be granted and the same reasons .are now urged for a reversal of that judgment, as follows: 1. Because the court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to discharge the entire panel of the petit jury summoned for the month of February, because said jury and the entire panel…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE WHITE
Affirming.
Tbe appellant, Walter Curtis, alias A. J. Randall, was: indicted, tried, and convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court of the crime of having and keeping in his possession burglar’s tools, with the intent to use them burglariously. His punishment was fixed at five years in the penitentiary,, and from that judgment, he appeals.
Upon arraignment, the appellant pleaded not guilty, and then filed a demurrer to the indictment, which was overruled. Appellant then filed affidavit and motion to dis*848charge the entire panel of the petit jury, and averred that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kennedy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
- Howard v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- O'Brien v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- Rutherford v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
- Commonwealth v. HouriganCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
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- State ex rel. Murphy v. Superior Court for Whatcom CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1914
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