Haywood v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

— Affirming.

The appellant, under an indictment charging him with the murder of Lucy Whitney, alias Pearson, when put upon his trial before a jury, was found guilty and his punishment fixed at death.

On this appeal we are asked to set aside the judgment and remand the case for a new trial on account of alledged errors committed by the trial court prejudicial to the substantial rights of the accused.

It is shown by the evidence that Lucy Whitney, alias Pearson, and her husband, Charles Pearson, lived in a little house in the city of Bowling Green, and that on…