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Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976), 1931

Alford v. Commonwealth

Alford v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · Decided October 16, 1931 · Rees
42 S.W.2d 716; 240 Ky. 523; 1931 Ky. LEXIS 438 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

SMITH & REYNOLDS for appellant., J. W. CAMMACK, Attorney General, and BASIL P. COOPER ior appellee.

Alford v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court

*524 Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Appellant, Tom Alford, was jointly indicted with C. H. Burch for the crime of possessing burglar’s tools with the intent to use them burglariously. On his separate trial he was convicted and sentenced to ten years in the state, penitentiary.

The facts and the grounds relied upon for a reversal in this case and in the case of Burch v. Commonwealth, 240 Ky. 519, 42 S. W. (2d) 1097, this day decided, are identical, and on the authority of the Burch case the judgment is affirmed.

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