Vanhorn v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Hobson

Reversing.

Crien O. Vanhorn was indicted in the Floyd circuit court for the murder of his wife, Ina Vanhorn. On the trial of the case he was found guilty and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment. He appeals.

It is earnestly insisted for the appellant that the evidence of the commonwealth was insufficient to warrant a conviction, and that the verdict of the jury is unwarranted by the evidence. This requires a statement of facts shown by the proof. The parties were married December 2, 1929. He was forty-two years old and she was some years younger. He was a…