Cavanaugh v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellant, B. Frank Cavanaugh, was tried and convicted in the court below under an indictment charging him with the crime of willful murder, committed by. shooting and killing Leonard Grriffin, March 30, 1916, his punishment being fixed by the verdict of the jury and judgment of the court at confinement in the penitentiary for life. He was refused a new trial by the circuit court and has appealed. Six grounds are urged in the brief of his counsel for the reversal of the judgment: (1) The evidence of the Commonwealth was not sufficient to…