Harper v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

At the trial of an indictment in the Edmonson circuit court charging appellant and defendant below, Guy Harper, with the offense of malicious cutting and wounding Herschel Wolf (from which he recovered), the accused was convicted and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for one year. His motion for a new trial complained of a number of alleged errors of the court, but the court overruled it and pronounced judgment on the verdict, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The new trial Was sought upon these grounds: (1) The admission of…