Tate v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.:At the trial in the criminal branch of the Jefferson circuit court of an indictment accusing him of murdering Cecil Carter on June 15, 1934, the appellant and defendant therein was convicted and punished by death. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he prosecutes this appeal, insisting through his counsel that the court erred in committing a long list of ¡complaints discussed in brief, but which are readily condensable into these grounds: (1) Error of the court in overruling defendant’s motion for a continuance; (2) in overruling his…