Cummings v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Reversing.

Bill Cummings, Dora Burchett, Cass Lawrence, and Mrs. L. C. Lawrence were indicted in the ’Clinton circuit court, charged with the murder of Frank Burchett, alleged to have been committed by the administration of strychnine. The indictment charged each defendant with the commission of the offense and by apt terms in separate counts charged tike four with a conspiracy, and also the commission of the crime by one, and that the others were present at the time aiding and abetting. In a joint trial, at the elose of-the commonwealth’s evidence the…