Breeding v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin

Reversing.

Appellant was indicted by a Letcher county grand jury August 16, 1918, for the crime of incest and was admitted to hail in the sum of $3,000.00. The ease was continued on the docket from time to time until April 16, 1920, on which date another indictment was returned, against appellant charging him with the offense of detaining a woman against her will. It is recited in the-last indictment that it is in lieu of the one found in August, 1918, and is a continuation of the charge contained in the earlier indictment.

When the second indictment was…