Abrams v. Commonwealth

CLAY, Commissioner.

We have before us two appeals from judgments of the Laurel Circuit Court dismissing appellant’s petitions for writs of coram nobis. We have consolidated these appeals.

In 1949 appellant was tried and convicted of two separate crimes, and was sentenced to serve 3½ years and 4 years respectively in the state penitentiary.

These coram nobis proceedings were filed in 1956. The records in both cases are incomplete and'none of the affidavits filed in the ciruit court are before us. In one case appellant claims to have discovered evidence that he was convicted on perjured testimony.…