Commonwealth v. Ward

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hurt

Affirming.

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth of Kentucky from a judgment of the Rockcastle circuit court, which sustained a demurrer of the appellees to an indictment returned against them and one Boyd Kelley, by the grand jury of that county, accusing them and Kelley of the crime of murder, committed, as alleged, in Harlan county. The briefs of counsel state many alleged facts, which the record does not contain, and in so doing, they overlooked the fact, that the only question before this court is a question of law, which must be determined from the record…