Flaugher v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Chief Justice.

The indictment in this case charged appellant, Dexter C. Flaugher, with the crime of forgery, an offense denounced by KRS 434.130, and on March 19, 1954, he -was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years. He has appealed, urging as the principal ground for reversal that the Lawrence Circuit Court lacked jurisdiction to try and determine the case. • , . ..

An examination of the indictment discloses appellant was not accused of the crime of “uttering and publishing” a forged instrument. The formal complaint was in substance that he…