Ferrell v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Settle

Affirming.

The appellant^ Joe Ferrell, a man of color, was jointly indicted with five other colored men in the Fayette circuit court for the murder of Thomas Kirkpat■rick, September 25, 1916. Upon his separate trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder, as charged in the indictment, and fixed his punishment at death. His motion for a new trial having been overruled, he was duly sentenced by the circuit court; and from the judgment of conviction he now prosecutes this appeal.

The homicide in question occurred September 25, 1916, at night, on…