Adkins v. Commonwealth

*386Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

Appellant was tried in the Knox circuit court on an indictment charging him with the murder of Jerry Bowling. He was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and to reverse that judgment prosecutes this appeal.

The homicide occurred at Haven, a stop on the Manchester & Cumberland Railroad, about 12:30 o’clock on Sunday in October, 1921, the defendant at the time killing two men, Jerry Bowling and Bob Blevins.

There is no ticket office at this place but a small shed takes the place of a depot. This lies to the east of the railroad,…