Knight v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

Appellant, Marvin Knight, and Marion Samples, were indicted by the grand jury of Muhlenberg county for banding themselves together and going forth with others, unknown to the graud jury, for the purpose of intimidating and alarming W. H. Chumley and others in violation of section 1241a of the Kentucky Statutes.

Appellant being tried alone was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three years. His motion for a new trial having been overruled, he is seeking a reversal here; (1)…