McBride v. Commonwealth

CHIEF JUSTICE

WILLIAMS delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant, being jailer of Henderson county, was indicted, tried, and found guilty of willful neglect of his official duties, in permitting the jail to become so filthy as to endanger the comfort, health, and lives of the pris*332oners theh in his custody, and a fine of seventy dollars assessed against him, from which he prosecutes this appeal.

The only error assigned is, that the grand jury had no jurisdiction of the case, as exclusive jurisdiction belonged to the county court, by virtue of section 11, chapter 91,-2 Stanton’s Revised…