Seaton v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Lassing

Reversing.

Dólph Seaton was indicted by the grand jnry of Mc-Cracken County for failing to provide a Christian burial for his deceased infant child. A demurrer to the indictment having been overruled, he entered a plea of “not guilty,” and upon trial before a jury he was fined $150.00. To reverse the judgment predicated thereon, he prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence discloses the following facts: The child was prematurely born and lived only about two weeks. Upon the evening of its death, appellant went to the house of a neighbor, John Bobo,.and notified…