Barnes v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court bt

Commissioner Hobson—

Reversing.

Florence Barnes was indicted in the Boyd circuit court for the crime of wilfully.and maliciously cutting and wounding Mattie Lee Johnson with intent to kill. On the trial of the ease she was found guilty and her punishment fixed at two years’ imprisonment. She appeals.

In April, 1925, Florence Barnes and Mattie Lee Johnson went to a dance at the American Legion hall on Winchester street in Ashland. After the dance Florence Barnes started down the street to get a taxi in which to ride home. Soon after she left the dance hall Mattie Lee…