Parks v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming. ■

The appellant, William Parks, is a colored boy 15 years old. iOn the morning of October 3, 1911, he had a difficulty with Sherer Eiddle, a white boy 18 years of age, which resulted in Parks stabbing Eiddle over the heart and !cutting him across the bowels, causing his, death. Parks was indicted for murder on October 4, and his trial on October 16 resulted in a verdict finding him guilty of murder, and a judgment confining him in the penitentiary for the period of his life. Parks appeals and assigns three grounds for a reversal; (1), that the *365verdi…