COOMER v. COMMONWEALTH


238 S.W.2d 161 (1951)

COOMER v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 23, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. J. Cockrell, Jackson, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Atty. Gen., Guy L. Dickinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CAMMACK, Chief Justice.

Ed Coomer was convicted on a charge of carrying concealed a deadly weapon and sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary. He is appealing on the grounds that (1) the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict; and (2) the court erred in refusing to grant a new trial because one member of the jury stated, on a poll being taken, that he was forced to sign the verdict.

There were two witnesses for the Commonwealth in chief,...

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