Terrell v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

A short time after sundown, and before it became dark, on tbe evening of August 10, 1921, tbe appellant, Kye Terrell, iu Perry county near tbe mining camp of tbe Blue Diamond Mines, shot and killed Lee Combs, a yontb nineteen and one-balf years of age. He was afterwards indicted for tbe homicide by tbe grand jury of tbe county in which be was charged with the crime. *610of murder, and upon luis trial thereunder he was convicted and his punishment fixed at life confinement in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was overruled and from the…