Jones v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

— Affirming.

The appellant, Tom Jones, was convicted in the Bell circuit court of murdering his wife, Flossie Jones, the homicide being committed in Middlesboro, Ky., on October 30, 1935. He was given the death penalty, and the trial court overruled his motion for a new trial. On appeal therefrom to this court the judgment was affirmed in the case of Jones v. Commonwealth, 267 Ky. 465, 102 S. W. (2d) 345. On the day the sentence was to be carried out by the warden of the Eddyville peni tentiary appellant filed Ms petition in the United States District Court…