HELTON v. COMMONWEALTH


256 S.W.2d 14 (1953)

HELTON v. COMMONWEALTH (two cases).

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 13, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Campbell Van Sant, Frankfort, Van Sant & Young, Frankfort, Lay & Knuckles, Pineville, for appellant.

J. D. Buchman, Jr., Atty. Gen., and H. D. Reed, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

On these appeals we are concerned with the jurisdictional question of whether or not Honorable B. B. Snyder was empowered to retry these cases in February, 1952, under the designation and commission issued by this Court on August 15, 1950.

The indictments against appellant were returned by the grand jury of Knox County at its regular February, 1950, term of court. By agreement the venue was transferred to the Laurel Circuit Court.

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