Allen v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Creal, Commissioner

Affirming.

Eobert Allen and Jobnny Mays have been convict ed of the murder of Charles Blount and their punishment fixed at life imprisonment. They are appealing. Blount was shot in Lee county and immediately removed to a hospital at Richmond in Madison county where he died within a day or so and appellants were indicted and tried in the latter county.

The first ground argued for reversal is that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence and cannot be accounted for except for passion and prejudice upon the part of the jury. That contention of course…