Idle v. Commonwealth

Orinion' of the Court by

Judge Settle —

Affirming.

Tfi© appellant, Roy Idle, was jointly indicted in tlie Bell Circuit Court, with. Charley Balltrip, for the murder of Jim Mays. They were tried together and both found guilty as charged; the punishment of each being fixed by the verdict of the jury at confinement in the penitentiary for life. Judgment was duly rendered as to each in accordance with the verdict. No complaint is made by Balltrip of the judgment, but'Roy Idle, being dissatisfied therewith, has appealed.

*619Mays, the victim of the homicide, was a resident of New Tazewell, Tennessee, from…