Burns v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 57. — PROSECUTION AGAINST A'LBX BURNS POR MURDER. — Appeal from Olay Circuit Court. William Lewis, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted, and appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion oe the Court by
Judge Settle —
Affirm-
*469The appellant, Alex Burns, with a pistol shot and killed Abe Gilbert at the residence of Joseph Hignite, on Bullskin creek in Clay county. The indictment returned shortly thereafter by the grand jury of Clay county, against appellant for the homicide, charged him with the crime of murder, and on the trial the jury by their verdict found him guilty as charged, and fixed his punishment .at confinement in the penitentiary for life. He was refused a new trial by the circuit court, and has appealed.
The facts were that the day before the homicide…
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- Commonwealth v. MurphyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1894
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