Cannon v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming.

The appellant, Mrs. Myrtle Cannon, was indicted on January 30, 1931, by the grand jury of the Mercer circuit court, and charged with the offense of stealing turkeys of the value of $2 or more,, as denounced by section 1201c of the Kentucky Statutes, providing that, “if any person shall steal chickens, turkeys, ducks, or other fowls of the value of $2, or more, he shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years. ’ ’

The indictment preferred against appellant is as follows :

“The Grand Jury of Mercer County in the name…