Carsons v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Richardson

Affirming.

Frank Carsons and Tony Peterson, two young men, claiming Detroit as the place of their residence, left that place, “hitch-hiking,” ostensibly to find employment. They went to Chicago, where they remained one night, then to Hammond, Ind., to Indianapolis, Ind., and Louisville, Ky., where they spent one night in each city. On Monday morning, about 11 o’clock a. m., on the 23d day of February, 1931, they left Louisville, walking, going the Bardstown road. A Mr. Carrithers who was traveling on the highway in a Studebaker car, about 3 o’clock in the…