Kilburn v. Colwell

PALMORE, Judge.

The appellant, Ira Kilburn, a lieutenant in the police department of Hazard, a city of the third class, was dismissed from the force by the board of commissioners of the city following a hearing of six charges preferred against him by the chief of police. KRS 95.450. On his appeal to the Perry Circuit Court the case was tried de novo, two of the charges were sustained, and the dismissal was affirmed. KRS 95.460. Kil-burn appeals, contending that (1) the evidence was not enough to support the findings and (2) even if he was guilty of technical violations, discharge from the…