Baker v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of malicious cutting and wounding with intent, &c., the jury fixing punishment at two years confinement in the Reformatory. The record does not contain a bill of - evidence, since the ground for reversal is based on appellant’s contention that the court was without jurisdiction to try him at the time because the court did not convene on the first day of the statutory term.

Appellant was tried at the regular 1947 term of the Pike circuit court; the jury could not agree on a verdict, and the case was continued to the…