Hall v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Affirming.

L. D. Hall was indicted in the Pendleton Circuit Court for the murder of Elijah Wood. On a trial of the case he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and appealed to this court. On the appeal, the judgment was reversed. The opinion, after setting out the evidence, concluded with these words:

“Under the facts in this case, if guilty at all, appellant was' guilty of cold-blooded murder, perpetrated for the purpose of robbery. The jury, however, found him guilty, only of manslaughter. The verdict itself, is, therefore, evidence of the doubt…