Martin v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellant, Ashton Martin, who is shown by uncontradicted evidence to be a man of bad character, was found guilty under an indictment charging him with the ■murder of Frank Dulin, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for ten years. On this appeal it is urged as grounds for reversal: (1) that the verdict of the jury was flagrantly against the evidence; (2) that the deputy sheriff in charge of the jury was guilty of misconduct; and (3) that the jury, or at least some of them, were guilty of misconduct.

The evidence…