Clark v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 47 — Indictment fob Murder APPEAL FROM WEBSTER CIRCUIT COURT. Defendant Convicted for Manslaughter and he Appeals. The facts, briefly stated, are that, on Sundey night, Septtember 9, 1900, between 7:30 and 8 o’clock, a couple, in a buggy, drove up in front of Dr. Clark’s residence, inquired if he lived there, and, when he appeared, the man told him he wished to see him at his office; they left, driving in the direction of his office, and he followed, carrying a lantern,…
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Case 47 — Indictment fob Murder APPEAL FROM WEBSTER CIRCUIT COURT. Defendant Convicted for Manslaughter and he Appeals. The facts, briefly stated, are that, on Sundey night, Septtember 9, 1900, between 7:30 and 8 o’clock, a couple, in a buggy, drove up in front of Dr. Clark’s residence, inquired if he lived there, and, when he appeared, the man told him he wished to see him at his office; they left, driving in the direction of his office, and he followed, carrying a lantern, and without his coat. His office was on one of the most public streets and in one of the most public places in town. It…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Reversing.
Appellant was- indicted and tried for the murder of «Cora Waller, alleged to have been committed on the 9th of September, 1900, in the town of Sturgis, Union county. He was convicted at the January term, 1901, of her man*448slaughter, and sentenced to ten years’ servitude in the State penitentiary.
It appears that Miss .Waller was a young woman, aged about twenty-six or twenty-eight years, of a 'highly-respected family, herself a bright, intelligent, and attractive woman, her family standing among the first of Union county.Thomas Holt, a young man from…
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