Patterson v. Commonwealth

JUDGE LEWIS

DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT.

Appellant haying been indicted jointly with Albert Turner,' though tried separately, for the murder of Jennie Bowman, and by the verdict of the jury found guilty and his punishment fixed at death, prosecutes his appeal.

It has been often decided that this court has no power to reverse a judgment of conviction in a criminal prosecution upon the ground the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict. But as provided in section 3áá, Criminal Code, “a judgment of conviction shall be reversed for any error of law appearing on the record, when,…