Coleman v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

Tbe appeal is from a conviction of bousebreaHng and sentence of imprisonment for life under tbe habitual criminal statute. Section .1130.

Tbe indictment charged and tbe evidence proved tbe appellant, Frank Goleman, guilty of breaking and enter ing a dwelling house and stealing a revolver. They also established that he was convicted of the crime of housebreaking in September, 1926, and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment, and of the crime of maliciously stabbing and wounding another with the intent to kill in September, 1932, and…