Harris v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Affirming.

The appellant, J. Y. Harris, was indicted for the offense of maliciously shooting and wounding Yirgil Prewitt. He was convicted and his punishment fixed at two-years in the penitentiary. He appeals alleging two grounds of error, namely: (1) Because of incompetent and prejudicial evidence introduced by the Commonwealth, and (2) improper argument of the prosecuting attorney.

The record discloses that the appellant and the prosecuting witness, Yirgil Prewitt, had known each other for some 12 or 15 years. Each was an employee of the L. & N. Railroad.…