Jackson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The appellant, Garrett Jackson, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Fayette circuit court of the crime of arson and his motion for a new trial having been overruled, he prosecutes this appeal.

The principal error relied on for a reversal is the introduction by the Commonwealth, over defendant’s objections, of incompetent testimony. Other objections to the verdict consist in .improper argument of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, which, however, was chiefly based upon the criticised evidence, and there was also objection by defendant to questions…