Allison v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

— Affirming.

The appellant, H. H. Allison, was indicted in the Nicholas 'circuit court and accused of the offense of maliciously striking and wounding another with a deadly weapon with the intention of killing him, which is one. of the offenses denounced by section 1166 of the Kentucky Statutes. On his trial and under an instruction of the court permitting it the jury found him guilty of the common law offense of assault and battery and punished him with a fine of' $600.00 and six months ’ imprisonment in the county jail. Judgment was pronounced upon the…