Commonwealth v. Morton

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

The indictment, to which a general demurrer was sustained, charged O. P. Morton and Nora Morton with the offense of unlawfully confederating and handing themselves together for the- purpose of intimidating, disturbing, alarming or injuring John L. Vest, by writing and placing in the postoffice at Warsaw in Gallatin county, Kentucky, a letter properly stamped and addressed to John L. Vest at Walton, in Boone county, Kentucky, at which place it was received by him. The letter, which was delivered to Vest by the postmaster at Walton, reads as follows: