Begley v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

September 6, 1923, the appellant, Barney Begley, shot and wounded Floyd Evans. The wounds, of which there were four, caused the death of Evans, which occurred about two weeks later in a hospital in the city of Lexington, to'which he was carried the night following the shooting for surgical treatment. The parties were residents of Lee county, this state, and the shooting and wounding of Evans occurred in that county. At the October term, 1923, of the Lee circuit court, an indictment, charging the appellant with the murder of Evans, was found and…