Pennington v. Commonwealth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

By verdict and judgment of the Jackson Circuit Court Jesse Pennington was convicted of the crime of murder aftd was sen-*654teñced to confinement in the penitentiary for life. KRS-435.010. He appeals.

The lifeless" body of Kenneth Gabbard was found in Leger Creek in Jackson County'during the morning of October 21, 1961. An examination of the body at that time disclosed that Gabbard had sustained bruises and superficial lacerations about the head, shoulders and hands. The following day an autopsy was performed and the pathologist found that the kidneys were torn apart, there…