Legal Opinion
Newsome v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided December 5, 1930PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Grigsby
Affirming.
The appellant, Tolby Newsome, Noah Newsome, and Frank Newsome were jointly indicted by the grand jury in Pike county for the crime of willful murder. The appellant Tolby Newsome alone being on trial before a petit jury in the Pike circuit, court was found guilty of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at two years in the state penitentiary. In order to reverse a judgment entered in accordance with the verdict of the jury appellant prosecutes this appeal. The first error alleged by appellant is that a demurrer to the indictment should have been…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Duvall v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Perkins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Thomas v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Davis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927
- Wadkins v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Fox v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
- Jordan v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Newsome v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Tussey v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Bigby v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
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