Steely v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court. William; H. Holt, Special Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals. The record in this case shows that Granville Steely and his mother, the appellant herein, were jointly indicted for the murder of Martin B. Snyder. A separate trial being demanded, Granville was first tried and acquitted.
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Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court. William; H. Holt, Special Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals. The record in this case shows that Granville Steely and his mother, the appellant herein, were jointly indicted for the murder of Martin B. Snyder. A separate trial being demanded, Granville was first tried and acquitted. On this trial Granville was a witness for his mother, and swore that he cut Snyder with a knife and killed him because he thought at the time that Snyder was about to kill his mother. There was some evidence that defendant told Granville to cut Snyder, but no evidence that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Chief Justice Settle
Affirming.
Appellant, Sarah Steely, was jointly indicted in the Whitley circuit court with her son, Granville Steely, a boy 15 years of age, for the murder of Martin B. Snyder. The homicide occurred in appellant’s house, in the city of Williamsburg. The wounds of which Snyder died were inflicted by appellant’s son with a knife, but both mother and son were indicted as principals. Appellant was accorded a separate trial, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and her punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years. She appealed from…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Steeley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
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