Barnes v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke —

Affirming.

The appellant was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life for .the murder of- his wife, Pema Barnes, and from that judgment is appealing, urging as grounds for reversal that the court erred: First, in overruling his motion for a peremptory instruction; second, in the admission and exclusion of evidence; third, in failing to instruct the jury upon the whole law; fourth, in refusing to grant him a new trial} because of the separation of the jury and because of newly discovered evidence.

1. Defendant and…