Blakemore v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

Charley Blakemore, a negro, was convicted of the crime of robbing Gr. W. Jones, a white man, and his punishment was fixed at four years in the State penitentiary. He is appealing.

Since the only ground urged for reversal is that a peremptory instruction should have been given in favor of Blakemore, it becomes necessary to summarize briefly the evidence.

Jones spent several hours in a negro district in Pa-ducah, known as “900,” on the night of June 24, 1939. He was drinking. He testified that he had been at a place known as Thompson’s store and had…