Baker v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

In a trial in tlie Jefferson circuit court the defendant, John Baker, a colored man, was convicted of the murder of his wife, Maria Baker, and his punishment fixed at death.

The facts are: Defendant and deceased were married about three years before the tragedy. At the latter date he was 38 years of age, strong and robust. She was about 21 ¡or 22 years of age, quite small and rather delicate. Most of their married life was spent in Louisville, though they were in Chicago for a time, returning to Louisville about a year before the homicide, and…