Long v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

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A short time before midnight on October 22, 1934, the appellant and defendant below, Sam Long, shot and killed Olden Wesley, which occurred at the latter’s residence in Jamestown, Ky., the county seat of Russell county. The two lived but a short distance apart on the same street but on opposite sides thereof. The weapon was a double-barreled shotgun, but only one barrel was discharged. Appellant, to whom we shall hereafter refer as defendant, was later indicted by the grand jury of that county charged with murder, and at his trial thereof he was…