Commonwealth v. Fletcher

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sims

Affirming.

In an indictment returned by the grand jury of the Laurel Circuit Court the defendants Clarence Fletcher and S. G-. Fletcher (commonly called Sherman) were charged with the felony of confederating, or banding themselves together for the purpose of alarming, intimidating or disturbing Dutt Bolton, his wife and children, an offense denounced by KRS 437.110. At the conclusion of the Commonwealth’s evidence the trial court sustained a defense motion to peremptorily instruct the jury to acquit defendants, and the Commonwealth appeals to have the law…