Ewing v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 25. — PROSECUTION AGAINST CHARLES EWING POR MURDER. Appeal from Warren Circuit Court. John M. Galloway, Circuit Judge.
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CASE 25. — PROSECUTION AGAINST CHARLES EWING POR MURDER. Appeal from Warren Circuit Court. John M. Galloway, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals — 1. Appellant was tried upon the charge of willful murder in the Warren Circuit Court of Kentucky, at its February term, 1907. 2. The jury found appellant guilty as charged in the indictment and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for life. 3. It will be clearly seen by the court that all the evidence on the trial of the case was purely circumstantial and that appellant was convicted on circumstantial evidence alone.…
1Opinion of the Court
*240Opnion op the Court by
Judge Hobson —
Reversing.
Charles Ewing was indicted in the Warren circuit court for the murder of Carrie Shields. He was found guilty as charged, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, and from this judgment he appeals.
Carrie Shields was 16 years old. According to the proof for the Commonwealth a girl named Girtie Ray was intimate with Charles Ewing. The killing occurred on Monday. On the previous Monday Carrie Shields had a fight with Girtie Ray; Charles Ewing being away at the time. On the following Saturday, when he returned, Girtie Ray…
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