Johnson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Paul Johnson, shot and killed his son-in-law, Perry Garner, and upon his trial under an indictment charging him with the crime of willful murder was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years. It is conceded on this appeal that the evidence was conflicting and sufficient to take the case to the jury. The grounds urged for reversal of the judgment concern only the admission of testimony.

The Commonwealth introduced as a witness Joe Hall Johnson, the eleven year old son of appellant, and attempted to prove by him…