Lewis v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court bt

Judge Baird

Reversing.

Tilford and Willard Lewis, brothers, and John D. Reynolds, were indicted in the Breathitt circuit court for the crime of robbery. A separate trial was demanded. The Commonwealth chose to try Tilford Lewis, who was-on the 9th day of November, 1936, tried, convicted, and adjudged guilty; his penalty fixed at two years in the-state reformatory. He appeals.

He bases his reversal on the following grounds: (1) Because the verdict was contrary to the law and evidence; -(2) because the verdict was flagrantly against the evidence and appeared to have been…