Helm v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hannah

Affirming.

The appellant, Logan Helm, was indicted by the grand jury of Jefferson County on April 2, 1913; tried in the Jefferson Circuit Court on June 12, 1913; and found guilty of willful murder, the jury fixing his punishment at death. He appeals.

Appellant’s victim, Cornette Webb, had been married, but at the time of this tragedy was separated from her husband and was living with a friend, Nettie Johnson, at Jacob and Jackson streets, in the city of Louisville. Appellant had also been married, but was living apart from his wife. Both appellant and Cornette…