Legal Opinion
Tackett v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 22, 1940PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Cammack
Affirming.
The appellant, W. H. Tackett, and M. D. Bates, Charlie Kiser and W. M. Russell, deceased, were election officers in the Kona voting precinct in Letcher county for the primary election held August 6, 1939. Tackett, Bates and Kiser were indicted for forgery under Section 1581 of the Statutes at the October, 1939, term of the Letcher circuit court. Demurrers to those indictments were sustained. A new indictment was returned on April 6, 1940. The case was set for trial on April 10th. On that day the accused parties asked for a continuance of the case…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Drury v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Tussey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Roaden v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Wallace v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Commonwealth v. RameyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. SaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Maggard v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941
- Burkhart v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
- Cooper v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
- United States v. SaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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