Huffman v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Reversing.

Thomas Gr. Van Meter and the appellants, Thomas Huffman and Harlan Carroll, were sureties on the bail bond of Leo Wilkins, who had been indicted by the Edmonson county grand jury for the offense of unlawfully and maliciously cutting Wash Duvall with intent to kill him, a felony. Wilkins appeared at his trial and made defense to the indictment. The jury found him guilty of the offense of cutting in sudden affray, a misdemeanor included within the felony for which he had been indicted, and fixed his punishment at a fine of $300. After the jury had…