Higgins v. Commonwealth

COMBS, Justice.

Jonathan D. Higgins has appealed from a judgment sentencing him to eight years’ imprisonment for the offense of possessing burglar’s tools. KRS 433.120. Higgins was tried on October 8, 1951. His motion and grounds for a new trial was overruled and appeal granted on October 26. He was given until November 26 in which to file his bill of exceptions. No further action was taken in the case until February 4, 1952 at which time Higgins moved the court to reinstate his case on the docket and to permit him to tender a bill of exceptions. The motion was sustained on February 15, 1952…