Edmonds v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming.

The appellant was convicted of the murder of Hiram Honeycutt, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.

The deceased, Hiram Honeycutt, his wife, Kate Honeycutt, and two little children lived in a small house in Slagtown, a suburb of Middlesboro. Mrs. Honeycutt was twenty-nine years of age. The deceased was probably twenty years her senior; he was nearsighted and at times was almost blind. On the night he was murdered, he and his wife and these two small children were sleeping in a bed in this little home. Hoiv…