Hall v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Grigsby

Reversing.

On the 13th day of November, 1923, the grand jury of Knott county returned an indictment against the appellant, Jethro Hall, his son, Dewey Hall, and his two brothers, H. C. and H. B. Hall, charging them jointly with the murder of Hawk- Stumbo. On a former trial H. C. Hall was acquitted and appellant Jethro Hall, H. B. Hall, and Dewey Hall convicted of manslaughter. On an appeal to this court the judgment was reversed. 207 Ky. 794, 270 S. W. 35. At the October term, 1929, of the Knott circuit court, appellant, Jethro Hall, was tried before a jury…