Commonwealth v. Drewry
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 25. — PROSECUTION AGAINST FRANK DREWRY FOR VIOLATING THE ELECTION LAWS. — Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Criminal Division — Joseph Pryor, Judge. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the indictment the Commonwealth appeals — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN BRIEF FOR APPELLANT.
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CASE 25. — PROSECUTION AGAINST FRANK DREWRY FOR VIOLATING THE ELECTION LAWS. — Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Criminal Division — Joseph Pryor, Judge. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the indictment the Commonwealth appeals — POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN BRIEF FOR APPELLANT. In an indictment for false swearing— 1. Where the alleged offense has been committed in course of a judicial proceeding which was pending, and which, by reason of its nature, according to the public statutes, could have only been pending properly in the court in which the indictment was found, and where the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
Reversing.
Tlie following indictment was returned bv tlie grand jury of Jefferson county against appellee: “The grand jurors of the county of Jefferson, in tlie name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, acense Frank Gr. Drewry of the crime of unlawfully and feloniously certifying to an improper certificate of election committed in manner and form as follows., to-wit: That on the 7th day of November, 1905, there was held under the laws of the State of Kentucky, in the city of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson, an election of county, city…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GrinsteadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
- Sutton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
- Mitchell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- Mitchell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Commonwealth v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
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- Drury v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Allen v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Dunnington v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
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