Poore v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner

Affirming.

This is one of the cases growing ont of the killing of James Daniels, a deputy sheriff, Howard.Jones,.and several other members of his posse at Evarts, Ky. The facts are stated in Hightower, etc., v. Commonwealth, 249 Ky. 502, — S. W. (2d) —, decided April 21, 1933. Chester Poore was indicted for the murder of Howard Jones pursuant to the conspiracy set out in that case. On the trial of the case he was found guilty and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. He appeals.

The commonwealth proved by one witness that appellant was at the…