Shackelford v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Quin

Reversing.

Upon the trial of an indictment charging them with the crime of obstructing justice the appellants were found guilty; Shackelford’s fine was fixed at $429.25 and 48 days in jail; Cowgill was fined $221.00 and 23 days in jail, and to reverse the judgments entered pursuant to said verdicts this appeal has been prosecuted.

Shackelford was sheriff of McLean county, and Cow-gill was a member of the jury that had been selected to try the case of Commonwealth v. Mans Gibson, for voluntary manslaughter. On the second day of the trial, and after the case had…