Eastridge v. Commonwealth

Opinion op te Court by.

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

At the May term, 1920, of the Bell circuit court the appellant was charged by.indictment with the murder of Chad Woodward. At the February term, 1922, of that court he was tried, convicted and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Hon. J. Gr. Forester was commonwealth’s attorney for the district when the killing occurred, and as such *127signed the indictment charging defendant with the crime of murder; he later became judge of the district and presided at the trial.

The first ground relied upon for reversal is the refusal of…