Risner v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

-Affirming.

Appellants were indicted in tlie Magoffin circuit 'court for stealing chickens of the value of more than $2. They were found guilty and their punishment fixed at one year’s imprisonment. They appeal.

Only two grounds of reversal are relied on. The first is that the court erred in impaneling the jury from men summoned from Pike county. This objection was first made in the grounds for a new trial. Under section 281 of the Criminal Code the decisions of the court upon challenges to the panel are not subject to exception. Under this provision…