Benge v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Gordon Benge has appealed from a sentence of fourteen years’ imprisonment for slaying James Bowling.

Three Benge brothers were accused of this homicide. Newt Benge was tried October 13, 1935, and the ten-year sentence imposed on him was affirmed. See 264 Ky. 28, 94 S. W. (2d) 38. Gordon Benge’s trial was had on February 9, 1936, and the jury was unable to agree. Veltie Benge was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at his trial had on February 20, 1936, and on appeal that judgment was on this day reversed. See 265 Ky. 476, 97 S. W. (2d) 51.

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