Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Van Sant, Commissioner

Beversing.

On the 28th day of March, 1942, Ed Campbell, a resident of Perry county, died of wounds produced by his being struck on the head with a blunt instrument. Morris Colwell, Bill Williams, and John Collins were indicted jointly for the murder. Williams and Collins were tried jointly, each receiving a sentence of 10 years in the state reformatory. Williams has appealed.

The evidence discloses that in the late afternoon of March 28, Colwell, Williams, and Collins met Ed Camp bell at Krypton, Perry county, Kentucky. At that time and at all times…