Henson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees —

Affirming.

At the October, 1930, term of the Laurel circuit court, Daw Henson, Tip Martin, and Dan Smith were indicted for stealing chickens of the value of $2 or more, a crime, defined by section 1201c, Kentucky Statutes. Before the filing of this indictment, Martin and Smith had been indicted in the Clay circuit court on the same charge. The chickens were stolen from Willie Martin, who resides in Laurel county near the Clay county line, and they were found in Tip Martin’s possession in Clay county. Upon a showing that Tip Martin and Dan Smith had been…