Commonwealth v. Adams
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 4 — INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM BATE CIRCUIT COURT. cited Constitution Ky., art. 6, sec. 2; Rev. Stat., art. 23, sec. 1; Crim. Code, sec. 6; lb. sec. 8; Civil Code, sec. 532; Patterson vs. Miller, 2 Met. 493.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE DUVALL
delivered the opinion oe the court :
This was an indictment against Adams, founded upon section 1, art. XXIII, of the chapter on Crimes and Punishments, (Revised Statutes, 1 vol. Stanton’s edition, page 407,) which provides, that “if any person shall usurp any office established by the constitution or laws of this Commonwealth, or shall "knowingly hold and pretend to exercise such office, after his election dr appointment thereto shall have been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction illegal or void, or after his term of office has constitutionally and legally expired, he…
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