Sharp v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Van Sant, Commissioner

Affirming.

The appeal is from a judgment convicting appellant, and sentencing him to be confined in the state reformatory for a period of two years, on an indictment charging him with maliciously shooting and wounding Jess Rigger with intent to kill.

• On the night of the 24th day of December, 1946, appellant attended a dance at a road house in Hardin County. The festivities ended about midnight, and the patrons were leaving, or preparing to leave, the dance hall. Jess Rigger was standing or walking at a place approximately 10 feet from the front…