Armstrong v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

The appellant, Bob Armstrong, has been convicted of aiding and abetting one Warren H. Belt in the commission of the crime of malicious striking and wounding another with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. His punishment was fixed at imprisonment for a term of two years.

Warren H. Belt, Lewis Bagley, Tye A. Cobb, and appellant were indicted jointly and were accused of striking and wounding C. B. Scarbrough, jailer of Livingston county. At the time the offense was committed they were confined in the Livingston county jail on felony charges. It is…