Fields v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner.

Affirming.

Iu the month of April, 1912, Willie Fields shot and killed Will Graham. On May 2, 1912, the grand jury of Fayette county returned an indictment against Fields charging him with the crime of murder. . The ease was continued until the October term of the Fayette circuit *81court, when a trial was had; The jury found Fields guilty iof murder and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life. Judgment was entered accordingly, and the appeals.

Two errors are relied on for reversal: (1) The verdict of the jury is flagrantly against the…