Jennings v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

J. B. Jennings was indicted in the circuit court for the murder of Dan Watkins. On the trial of the case he was found guilty and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. He appeals.

A reversal is asked mainly on the ground that under the evidence the court should not have instructed the jury as to murder, and that the verdict is palpably against the evidence. The facts are these: Jennings lived at Lily Dale, Tenn., not far from the Kentucky line. Dan Watkins lived in Cumberland county near the Clinton line and not very far from Lily…