Ray v. Commonwealth

Affirming.

Appellant, Merimee Ray, was jointly indicted with George Gagnon in the Nelson circuit court for robbery. Gagnon was arrested, but forfeited his bond, and had not been again apprehended at the time appellant was tried. Upon his separate trial, appellant was convicted, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of six years.

The evidence for the commonwealth tended to show that on a Sunday night in March, 1927, the appellant, accompanied by his father-in-law and a brother-in-law, went to the home of Other Raser for the purpose of purchasing whisky. He…