Merriweather v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 116 — Prosecution against Prank Merriweather for Murder.— APPEAL FROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT-THOS. P. COOK, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
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Case 116 — Prosecution against Prank Merriweather for Murder.— APPEAL FROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT-THOS. P. COOK, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Defendant Convicted and Appeals, 1. The appellant is charged with conspiring and confederating with other persons, defendants, to kill and murder a man whose name was unknown to the grand jury, and in pursuance thereof did kill him. 2. The evidence sustains the conspiracy and murder, and we ■submit that the statement of any one of the conspirators is competent evidence against any one of the others on the trial. 3. Even if the conspiracy is not proved, the statement…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion on the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Reversing.
Appellant, Frank Merriweather, and eight others, including George Holland and Dick Carney, all negroes, were indicted for the willful murder of an unknown white man committed in Christian county on November 14, 1903. The murdered man was a stranger in that community. He appeared in a saloon in the town of Pembroke “after dark on the 14th. of November, 1903 — Saturday night — and bought some whisky. In paying for it he exhibited some money, and besides got some silver exchanged for paper money, which he added to a roll of bills, also exhibited in…
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