Cook v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 64 — George Cook was Convicted of Murder and Appeals.— Jan. 23. APPEAL FROM BELL CIRCUIT COURT. Dependant Convicted op Murder and Appeals. 1. The writer of this brief was counsel for appellant at the time he was convicted and defended him on said trial, but he was not his original counsel in the case, although he was the-attorney for other defendants jointly indicted with appellant, some of whom had been previously tried and convicted and others acquitted.
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Case 64 — George Cook was Convicted of Murder and Appeals.— Jan. 23. APPEAL FROM BELL CIRCUIT COURT. Dependant Convicted op Murder and Appeals. 1. The writer of this brief was counsel for appellant at the time he was convicted and defended him on said trial, but he was not his original counsel in the case, although he was the-attorney for other defendants jointly indicted with appellant, some of whom had been previously tried and convicted and others acquitted. Appellant’s defense was an alibi which he could not prove by any one but himself, being at home at the time of the murder with his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE BARKER
— Affirming.
The appellant, George Cook, and a number of other persons, were indicted by the grand jury of Letcher county, Ky., charging them with the murder of one Jemima Hall. *588Subsequently a change of venue was had, and the case transferred to Bell county, Ky., for trial. Appellant’s case was called for trial at the May term, 1902, of the Bell circuit court, and appellant was convicted of willful murder, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for the term of his natural life. The motion for a' new trial having been overruled, and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1885
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