WATKINS v. COMMONWEALTH


298 S.W.2d 306 (1957)

John S. (Jack) WATKINS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brents Dickinson, Jr., Glasgow, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Albert G. Rhea, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BIRD, Judge.

Appellant, former clerk of the Glasgow Police Court, was indicted, tried, and convicted for misapplying funds belonging to the city in violation of KRS 434.020(1).

Reversal is sought solely upon the ground of erroneous instruction to the jury. The only instruction to which complaint is made reads as follows:

"Instruction No. I. If the jury shall believe from the evidence to the exclusion of any reasonable doubt that on or about...

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