JONES v. CLERK OF OLDHAM CIRCUIT COURT


229 S.W.2d 982 (1950)

312 Ky. 818

JONES v. CLERK OF OLDHAM CIRCUIT COURT et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Jones, appellant, pro se.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., W. Owen Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


KNIGHT, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Oldham Circuit Court denying appellant a discharge from the penitentiary on a writ of habeas corpus. The basis of the complaint and the ground upon which discharge is sought is that appellant was indicted in the Campbell Circuit Court, February term, 1947, for the violation of KRS 433.150, which is the armed robbery statute, but that he was found guilty under KRS 435.260, which he says is a "blackmail" statute...

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