COMMONWEALTH v. CAUDILL


234 S.W.2d 499 (1950)

COMMONWEALTH v. CAUDILL et al.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Guy L. Dickinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., A. E. Cornett, Commonwealth's Atty., Hazard, for appellant.

French Hawk, Whitesburg, for appellees.


CAMMACK, Justice.

Boyd Caudill and Hargis Cook, deputy sheriffs of Letcher County, were indicted for arresting Tommy Collier without authority of law. The indictment charged: "* * * at the time not having a warrant for the arrest of the said Tommy Collier and not having reasonable grounds for believing that said Tommy Collier had committed a felony, and said Tommy Collier not having committed a breach of peace or any offense or crime in the presence of said Boyd Caudill...

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