Baughman v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellant, Joseph Richard Baughman, a colored boy between 16 and 17 years of age, was convicted in the Fayette circuit court of murdering George I. Pierson, and his punishment fixed at death. The court overruled his motion for a new trial and he has áppealed.

The evidence, independently of that objected to and hereinafter considered, unmistakably establishes the defendant’s guilt, and it is uncontradicted, since the defendant neither testified nor introduced any witness to prove his innocence, either to show that he did not commit the deed, or…