Greenwell v. Commonwealth

STANLEY, Commissioner.

Appellant, Thomas Vincent Greenwell, was jointly indicted with Joseph Eggler for the crime of obtaining by false token the signature of another to a writing, the false making whereof would be a forgery, an offense denounced by KRS 434.050. On his separate trial Greenwell was found guilty and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

The court overruled the defendant’s motion to set aside the indictment because during the inquiry a machine or device was *861operated in the grand jury room which recorded the testimony of the witnesses therein upon tape or discs. The recordings,…