Harrison v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Batliff—

Affirming.

The appellant, John B. Harrison, has prosecuted this appeal from a judgment of the Jackson Circuit Court sentencing him to three years in the penitentiary upon indictments charging him with the offense of willfully and maliciously striking and wounding Dr. J. E. Anderson with a blackjack, a deadly weapon, with intent to kill said Anderson.

The only ground urged for reversal of the judgment is that the evidence fails to show malice on the part of appellant. The argument is based upon the fact that there was no evidence of any ill will or…