McGee v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming.

At the January term of the McCracken circuit court, the grand jury indicted the appellant, Sam McGee, for the willful murder in that county of Charles ■ Clark.

' In the following February, upon his trial therefor, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder as charged, and fixed his punishment at death, upon which judgment was pronounced.

On March 21 next following, the defendant filed his motion and grounds for a new trial, in which he assigned seven grounds for reversal, and in support of his said motion filed his affidavit, undertaking to show…