Lamb v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court -by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

The appellants, Albert Lamb and G-oebel Dills, seek the reversal of a judgment of conviction, carrying imprisonment for 21 years, upon the charge of assaulting another with an offensive weapon with an intent to rob him and robbing him. The punishment for this crime was increased by the Legislature in 1934 to imprisonment in the penitentiary for 21 years, or for life, or by death. Section 1160, Kentucky Statutes, as amended by Acts 1934, p. 157, c. 50.

W. D. Tabor was in charge- of a liquor store owned by his brother, located a mile or more…