Hamilton v. Commonwealth

Opinion ok the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Bill Hamilton was indicted under section 1166, Kentucky Statutes, for shooting and wounding with intent to kill. He was found guilty and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

He has alleged six grounds for reversal. The first and fifth grounds are misconduct of the employed counsel for the commonwealth in his opening statement to the jury and in his closing argument. This misconduct has not been embodied in the bill of exceptions, and under the rule which we have often announced, we cannot consider it. Our reasons for the…