Combs v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by-

Judge Robinson

Reversing.

In the indictment under which appellant, Bill Combs, was tried in the Letcher circuit court, he and one John Moore were-accused of unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously conspiring, confederating and banding together with the unlawful purpose of killing and murdering John Sexton, and under the evidence and instructions of the court he was convicted of murder and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. His motion for a new trial being overruled, he has appealed, urging a number of grounds for a reversal of the judgment;…