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MEREDITH v. COMMONWEALTH

296 S.W.2d 705 (1956)

Elzie MEREDITH, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 14, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodes K. Myers, George B. Boston, Bowling Green, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty, Gen., R. F. Matthews, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLIKEN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Elzie Meredith, was convicted of raping Zelma Carrier, a woman over twenty-one years of age, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life without parole. The verdict was returned June 30, 1955, and the judgment entered the same day.

The regular June term of the Edmonson Circuit Court ended July 2, 1955, the term not having been extended. Under Section 273 of our Criminal Code of...

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