Commonwealth v. Patrick
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 48. — PROSECUTION AGAINST LUCY PATRICK FOR EXHIBITING AND CIRCULATING A THREATENING LETTER. Appeal from Magoffin Circuit Court. D. W. Gardner, Circuit Judge. . From an order overruling a demurrer to the indictment the Commonwealth appeals. Indictment held not to state an offense
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice 0 ’Rear
Affirming.
Appellee was indicted by the grand jury of Magoffin county, charged with exhibiting and circulating a threatening letter. The indictment run's in this language: “The grand jury of Magoffin county in the *475name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky accuse Lucy Patrick of the offense of circulating and exhibiting a threatening letter, committed in the manner and form as follows, to-wit: The said defendant on the 4th day of February, 1907, in the county and circuit aforesaid, did unlawfully send, exhibit, and circulate a…
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