Wilson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle
Affirming.
On Sunday, August 7th, 1910, the appellaut. Tilden Wilson, inflicted two wounds upon Joshua Rhodes with a pistol. The first shot passed through one of Rhodes’ legs; the_ second, and fatal shot, entered his breast. Rhodes died an hour or so after the shooting.
The indictment returned against appellant for the homicide charged him with the crime of murder. On the trial, the jury by the verdict returned, found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter without fixing his punishment, but the judgment entered thereon provided that he should be confined in the…
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