Cox v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

The appellant’s punishment for the murder of Grover Sharp was fixed at life imprisonment, and he appeals. This homicide took place on Main street in the city of Williamsburg on April 16, 1924. Appellant is a resident of Williamsburg, and engaged in the barber business. He runs a Ford car, and was accustomed to do taxi work when not busy in his barber shop. On April 15, he carried a party of promoters from Williamsburg to a -point near Cumberland Falls, and was expecting to take another member of this party to the same place on the 16th:

While…