HUTSELL v. COMMONWEALTH


243 S.W.2d 898 (1951)

HUTSELL v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shackelford & Burnam, Richmond, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Walter C. Herdman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SIMS, Justice.

Appellant, Willa Mae Hutsell, was sentenced to the penitentiary for one year for violating KRS 436.030, which makes it a felony for a woman to conceal the birth of a bastard child so that it may not be known whether the child was born alive. Three grounds are assigned for reversal: 1. A verdict should have been directed in her behalf; 2. incompetent evidence was admitted over her objection; 3. the court failed to instruct on the whole law of the case...

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