Franklin v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

Tlie appellant, George Franklin, was convicted in the Letcher circuit court under a proper indictment charging him with tlie offense of unlawfully carrying concealed upon or about bis person a pistol which was a deadly-weapon. The judgment not only enforced the verdict of the jury hut it also disfranchised the defendant for a period of two years from its date. The motion for a new trial was overruled and defendant appeals urging, through his counsel, as the principal ground for a reversal that the verdict is not supported by the evidence, and that…