Sowders v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming-

This prosecution is upon an indictment returned by the grand jury of Laurel county, and at the trial of which the appellants and defendants below, Harrison Sowders and Chester Barnett, were convicted of robbing Josh Powers of about $13 in cash by putting him- in fear, etc. Sowders was punished by confinement in the penitentiary for seven years, while Barnett’s punishment was fixed at three years of like, confinement. Their motions for a new trial were overruled, and from the verdict and judgment pronounced thereon they jointly prosecute this…