Buster v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis

Reversing.

Jim Buster, Willie Westmoreland, Hershel Savage, and Henry Clover were jointly indicted for the murder of Alex Beatty. The indictment was in six counts, charging the defendants jointly with the commission of the crime, and then charging each of them separately as principal with the other defendants as aiders and abettors. A conspiracy among the several defendants to bring about the death of Alex Beatty was also charged. A severance was demanded, Buster alone was _ tried, and he was condemned to serve a life sentence in the penitentiary. He has…