Reed v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court bt

Morris, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellant, his brothers Joe and Ches Reed, were indicted for the murder of Ernest Ledford. In the first ’¡count they were charged with the murder in further anee of a conspiracy to commit the offense; other and* separate counts charged the overt act to have been committed by one of the three, with the others present aiding and abetting. .

Appellant alone was called to trial, following a motion for severance and election, with the result that the jury found him guilty of murder, fixing the penalty at confinement in the penitentiary for life.

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