Hamilton v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court bt

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Harvey Hamilton has been convicted of the crime of malicious cutting ;and wounding with intent to kill, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary-for a term of two years. He seeks a reversal of the judgment on three grounds: (1) The court erred in failing to direct the official stenographer to report the evidence heard on the trial; (2) the court erred in failing to give an instruction on self-defense; and (3) the evidence was not sufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty on the-felony charge.

KRS 28.430 provides that upon any trial…