Bowling v. Commonwealth

MIÜLIKÉN, Judge.. The appellant, Jessie Bowling, was convicted in the Leslie Circuit Court of maliciously shooting at and wounding James Ray Baker with intent to kill. Bowling’s sentence was fixed at two’years in the penitentiary.

The appellant -admits he shot Baker, but claims he did so in self-defense. The shooting occurred on or about the 15th day of March, -1954, near-the schoolhouse at Shoal, Kentucky, and in front of the store operated by his ■ father, Theo, Bowling. The appellant is hereinafter referred to as .-the defendant.

It appears from the evidence that some time before the…