Burchett v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Coitbt by

Judge PeeRy

Affirming.

In December, 1931, at the January term of the Floyd circuit court, the appellant, Bertha Burchett, and her husband, Larce Burchett, were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Floyd circuit court on a charge of the willful murder of Belle Thompson.

To this indictment, the defendants entered a plea of not guilty and offered a demurrer thereto, which was overruled.

Upon the first trial of the case in January, 1932, the jury was unable to agree on a verdict and was discharged.

Upon its second trial in April, 1932, the court, at the conclusion of all the…