Buckles v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 96 — Harlan Buckles was Convicted of Murder and He Appeals. APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. Defendant Convicted of Murder and Punishment Fixed at Death and He Appeals. Harlan Buckles, a negro boy about twenty-five years of age, was tried at November term 1901, of the Hardin circuit court and convicted of the crime of murder and his punishment fixed at death.
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Case 96 — Harlan Buckles was Convicted of Murder and He Appeals. APPEAL FROM HARDIN CIRCUIT COURT. Defendant Convicted of Murder and Punishment Fixed at Death and He Appeals. Harlan Buckles, a negro boy about twenty-five years of age, was tried at November term 1901, of the Hardin circuit court and convicted of the crime of murder and his punishment fixed at death. Many errors were committed on the trial as I conceive, and the record does not show that any exceptions were taken and I suppose none were taken. The first question is whether or not this court can look into this record and afford…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE DURELLE
Reversing.
Appellant was tried for the murder of Robert L. Reid, found guilty, and his punishment fixed at death. A motion for a new trial was made on the grounds — First, that the finding of the jury was contrary to the law and the evidence; and, second, that the jury was illegally constituted, in that there were members thereof who had publicly expressed their conviction that the defendant ought to be hanged. _ No affidavits were filed in support of the second ground for new trial, the motion was overruled, and an exception entered to the order overruling…
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- Branson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
- Heilman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
- Loving v. Warren CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
- Trimble v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1879
- Eversole v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1894
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- Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- King v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
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