Chrystal v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 28-INDICTMENT- APPEAL PROM PAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Manuscript Opinion, Scott v. Lane. 2 Duvall, 164, Golliher v. Commonwealth. 4 W. Va. 755, Lemons v. The State. 6 American Rep. 298. 2 Bishop’s Criminal Law, sec. 392. 4 Ohitty’s Blackstone, 182. 1 Bibb, 84, Wilson v. McGhee. 20 Ohio, Buckie v. Ohio. CITED Roscoe’s Criminal Evidence, 686. 1 Russell on Crimes, 636. 3 Bush, 113, Sparks v. Commonwealth. 1 Bush, 370, Wilhoit v. Hancock. 1 Marsh. 591, Mobley v. Hamit.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hardin
The appellant, James Chrystal, having been tried, convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Jacob Ott, prosecutes this appeal for a reversal of the judgment.
It sufficiently appears from the evidence adduced on the trial that on the night of the 5th day of February, 1872, Ott and a man named Stahl were, with several others, together in a drinking-saloon in the city of Lexington, kept by one Timmons, and in which Chrystal was employed as bar-tender, when an altercation occurred between Ott and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bowler v. LaneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1860
- Tipper v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1858
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