Frazier v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chibe Justice Settle

Affirming.

The appellant, James H. Frazier, was tried and convicted in the court below under an indictment charging him with the murder of William Banks and his punishment fixed by the verdict of the jury at confinement in the penitentiary for life. He was refused a new trial and has appealed. Before considering the grounds urged by his counsel for a reversal of the judgment, it will be proper to briefly state the material facts of the homicide.

Appellant shot and killed Banks on the morning of November 9, 1917, in Whitesburg. The shooting was done…