Perciful v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of murder and his punish.ment fixed at death.

Appellant was employed as a section hand on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which passes through the town of Mt. Yernon. He lived in the northeast section of Mt. Vernon and his home was about half a mile from the center of the town. The deceased, J. W. Rider, was engaged in the flour and feed business and was also the proprietor of the Rockcastle Hotel. Shortly after dark on the evening of the homicide appellant, according to the evidence for the Commonwealth, approached the…