St. Clair v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry —

Affirming.

On September 26, 1930, tbe defendant, A. F. St. Clair, was jointly indicted with F. E. Miller, R. H. Miller, W. H. Davis, and H. C. Taylor in the Rockcastle circuit court on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the People’s Bank of Mt. Vernon, Ky.

This cause later coming on for trial, the defendant moved for a severance, and, the court having sustained his motion, the commonwealth elected to try the defendant, and on October 2 he was convicted and sentenced to five years in the state prison.

His motion and grounds for a new trial being overruled, lie…