Denton v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Eeversing.

Appellant, Prank Denton, who was convicted in the Carlisle circuit court of the crime of murder, appeals to this court seeking a reversal of the judgment on the grounds, (1) insufficiency of evidence to support the verdict; (2) incompetent evidence admitted against him and competent evidence for him rejected by the trial court; (3) erroneous instructions; (4) a verdict of guilt by a jury in another case growing out of the charge against Denton, was read in the presence and hearing of the jury trying appellant.

After going over the record carefully,…