Johnson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The grand jury of’ Bourbon county returned an indictment agáinst the appellant, Oscar N. Johnson, charging him with murdering Walter Rice, which occurred at about 7 p-. m. on January 29, 1918, in the restaurant of A’Efern & Burton, located at the corner of Tenth and Pleasant streets in the city of Paris, Kentucky. Appellant entered a plea of not guilty, but upon his trial the jury convicted him and fixed his punishment at death. His motion for a new trial having been overruled, he prosecutes this appeal, relying upon, three grounds for a reversal:…