Graham v. Commonwealth

*163Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellant, Campbell Graham,- John Ed. Donegby and Oscar Letcher, all of the negro race, were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Boyle county for the wilful murder of one Mitchell Neal. On their joint trial in the Boyle circuit court all were found guilty of the crime charged in the indictment by verdict of the jury; the punishment inflicted by the verdict upon the defendants, Donegby and Letcher, being, as to each,' imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, and that of the appellant Graham at death.

The latter filed a motion and grounds for…