Vick v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Tom Vick appeals from a judgment convicting him of murder and fixing his punishment at life imprisonment.

Appellant did not testify, and the facts developed by the witnesses for the commonwealth are these: Appel lant was a fisherman and lived on a houseboat, which was tied to the bank of Green river on the Ohio county side. About 7:30 p. m. on Sunday, April 20,1930, Ross Vincent and the deceased, Bill Wheeldon, went to the houseboat. In a short time they were joined by appellant. Later on several others appeared, and the crowd engaged in a game of…