Commonwealth v. Jenkins
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 10 — Indictment against Jeff. Jenkins for Mayhem. APPEAL FROM BOYD CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment Quashing Bench Warrant and Discharging Defendant from Custody and the Commonwealth Appeals. It is manifest from the proceedings in this case, that the grand jury undertook to accuse Jeff. Jenkins- of the crime of mayhem, but in giving the name of the party accused, he was called Albert Jenkins inteasd of Jeff. Jenkins.
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Case 10 — Indictment against Jeff. Jenkins for Mayhem. APPEAL FROM BOYD CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment Quashing Bench Warrant and Discharging Defendant from Custody and the Commonwealth Appeals. It is manifest from the proceedings in this case, that the grand jury undertook to accuse Jeff. Jenkins- of the crime of mayhem, but in giving the name of the party accused, he was called Albert Jenkins inteasd of Jeff. Jenkins. The indictment w.as returned May 2d, 1901, bench warrant was issued for Albert Jenkins, July 10, 1901, and on September 10 1901, he executed a bail bond. On September 17, 1902, the…
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Opinion op the court by
JUDGE SETTEE
Reversing.
It appears from the record in this case that one Jeff Jenkins, of Boyd county, was accused of the crime of mayhem, and at the May term, 1902, of the circuit court of that county, the grand jury, intending, doubtless, to indict the Jenkins accused of the crime in question, found and returned an indictment in which the name of the defendant and person accused was given as “Albert Jenkins.” Thereupon a .'bench warrant was' issued upon the indictment for the arrest of Albert Jenkins, with bail indorsed. There seems to have been an Albert Jenkins in the…
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