Hayes v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hurt

Affirming.

The appellant, Fred Hays, was indicted by the grand jury of the Mason Circuit Court, and charged with the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses. A trial resulted in his conviction and a judgment by the court that he was guilty of the crime charged. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and upon appeal from the judgment to this court, he insists that the judgment ought to be reversed, because, as he contends, the court erred to the prejudice of his substantial rights by overruling his demurrer to the sufficiency of the indictment; by…