Evans v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Reversing.

Appellant, William Evans, was indicted by tbe grand jury of Bell county, Ky., for the murder of Robert Woolum. The jury that tried him found him guilty of manslaughter and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for 21 years. He prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of that court so convicting him.

The evidence against him is wholly circumstantial. Mr! Woolum, who was killed, was then the chief of police of the town of Pineville, Ky. He was killed at approximately 10:30 o’clock at night on Saturday, the 16th day of…