Allen v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Barker—

Affirming.

This is an appeal by Joab Allen, principal, and T. Y. Marcum, surety, from a judgment in the Clay circuit court for one thousand dollars for a breach of a bond executed by them to the Commonwealth under subsection 3, of 2557b, Ky. Stat§. The order of the Clay circuit court under which the bond was given states the facts fully and succinctly, and we incorporate it as a part of our opinion. It is as follows:

“The defendant, Joab Allen, now being in custody of this court upon several indictments charging him with *303selling whisky in violation of…