NIX v. COMMONWEALTH


299 S.W.2d 609 (1957)

Beecher NIX et al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. M. Ward, Vernon Faulkner, Hazard, for appellants.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., David B. Sebree, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CAMMACK, Judge.

In the latter part of September, 1955, a foreman of the Old King Mining Company discovered that 415 feet of ¾-inch copper wire were missing from one of the Company's mines. The Company's industrial policeman, James Holliday, was able to follow the markings left by the wire as it was dragged over the ground. The marks ended at the nearby home of Junior Nix. Junior and his 17 year old brother-in-law, Ivan Hughes, were arrested at Junior's home....

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