Turner v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Baird

Reversing.

Estill Turner and Ms brother, Moodie Turner, were indicted for the crime of murder in the Jackson circuit court. A severance was had. Estill Turner was tried and adjudged grnlty as an aider and abettor to his brother, who killed Malcome Spivey, of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at two years in the state reformatory. He appeals from that judgment. His only ground for reversal is, that the trial court erred in not sustaining his motion for a directed verdict at the conclusion of the evidence offered by the commonwealth.

The shooting…