Calico v. Commonwealth

*272Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

Elijah Calico and Adolph Beasley were indicted in the Jessamine circuit court for the murder of Prank Carter. On a trial of the case they were found guilty and their punishment fixed at imprisonment for life. They appeal.

On Monday evening, January 21, 1924, Carter, who was a farmer living a few miles in the country, was in Nicholasville with his car, a Buick. Twice on that evening he pulled a large roll of money out of his pocket. A bystander said to him that he ought to put his money in a safe, but he said he could take care of his money…