Milburn v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

Appellant, John Milburn, was indicted in the Daviess circuit court for the willful murder of Chas. A. Hays, a policeman of the city of Owensboro, and on the trial of the case he was found guilty and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.

The facts briefly stated are these: Late in the afternoon on February 25, 1926, the appellant engaged in an altercation on the streets of Owensboro during which he shot and wounded one Mary King. The chief of police was notified, and he sent Hays and three other police officers to the scene…