Commonwealth v. Berry

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Reversing.

W. T. Berry was indicted in the_ Hickman circuit court for the offense of obstructing justice. The circuit court sustained his demurrer to the indictment, and dismissed it. The Commonwealth appeals.

The offense is set out in the indictment in these words:

“The said W. T. Berry in the said county of Hick-naan on the 11th day of February, 1910, and before the finding of this indictment, did unlawfully obstruct the action of the grand jury of Hickman county, Kentucky, which was duly impaneled and sworn as such and engaged in investigating the…