Ledford v. Commonwealth

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of knowingly receiving stolen goods, and was given a penitentiary sentence. On this appeal her only ground for reversal is that the jury which tried her was not summoned and selected according to law.

The trial was held in the Powell Circuit Court. The court had ordered the jury selected from Wolfe County, and the panel was summoned by the sheriff of that county. When the case was called for trial and this fact appeared, the court discharged the panel. The sheriff of Powell County was then directed to summon another panel from Wolfe County. He…