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Richmond v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided October 19, 1934PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

On Thursday, September 7, 1933, Press Perkins disappeared. On Friday, September 15th, beneath a shelving rock at the foot of a cliff, his partially decomposed body was found with a wound upon the head behind the left ear that had produced his death.

Ancil Richmond, Jim Canada, Albert Canada, and Everett Canada were charged by indictment with his murder, and upon his separate trial Richmond was convicted, his punishment fixed at life imprisonment, and he has appealed.

The Evidence.

This killing grew out of keen moonshining competition, a sort of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cavanaugh v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
  2. Ball v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
  3. Stout v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
  4. Burns v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  5. Shelton v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Canada v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
  2. Canada v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
  3. Thomas v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
  4. Dublin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
  5. Fyffe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934

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