Workman v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

On April 2,1947, the grand jury of Jefferson County returned a joint indictment against Daniel T. McPeali, Jasper Nease, and appellant, Herbert Workman, in which they were accused of jointly committing the offense denounced by KRS 433.140, that of robbery of an 'other with the use of a deadly 'weapon), their’ victim being-Vernon Hodge. They were arraigned, before- the court 'and ’.each of them entered a plea of not guilty, following "which, <on their motion, they were tried separately. Nease'was the first one tried, which resulted in his conviction…