Commonwealth v. Caldwell

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Certifying the law.

The appellee, French Caldwell, was tried for the crime of willful murder at the November, 1927, term of the Perry circuit court, and the jury failed to arrive at a verdict. Conceiving that the trial court erred in admonishing the jury as to the purpose for which certain evidence should be considered and in giving instructions, the commonwealth has appealed asking that the law be certified.

In order that the questions propounded may be properly understood, a brief statement of the facts is necessary. The evidence introduced for the…