Stewart v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Cofer:

The indictment against the appellant not only contained the technical words commonly used to describe the crime of murder, but it also contained a statement of the particular facts necessary to show the manner in which the crime was committed and the means of its perpetration, and the case is therefore not analogous to the case of White v. Commonwealth, 9 Bush 178.

The statement is that the appellant “did wilfully, feloniously, and of his own malice aforethought, kill and murder his mother, Mrs. Stewart, by hitting her with a rock,” etc. This is as sufficient as to…