Shelton v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

George Shelton has appealed from a judgment of life imprisonment imposed on him for the murder of Lee Bain. This is a second appeal, and reference is made to 226 Ky. 460, 11 S. W. (2d) 125, for a statement of the facts.

After a reversal of the former judgment, this cause was transferred to the Knox circuit court. When he was tried in Bell county, Shelton was represented by James S. Golden, B. B. Golden, and J. H. Taylor. '

When this cause came on for trial in Knox county, none of these men appeared. No explanation is made of the absence of any…