Bast v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 95. — PROSECUTION AGAINST JAMES. BAST FOR MURDER. Appeal from Anderson Circuit Court. R. P. Peak, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted of murder and appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Lassing
Affirming.
James R. York was assassinated at li-is home in Anderson county, Ky., some 4 1-2 miles from Lawrenceburg, on Friday, August 18, 1905. In September, 1905, the grand jury of Anderson county returned an indictment against W. H. York and James Bast, charging them jointly with murder. The indictment is as follows: “The grand jurors of the county of Anderson, in the name and by the authoritjr of the commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse William H. York and James Bast of the crime of willful murder, committed in manner and form as follows, to-wit: The said…
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