Bradshaw v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 27—INDICTMENT— APPEAL PROM PAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Roscoe’s Criminal Evidence, pp. 22, 23. 1 Taylor.on Evidence, secs. 199, 738-40. 1 Greenleaf on Evidence, sec. 108. 1 Phillips on Evidence, p. 150. 1 Wharton’s Criminal Law, secs. 629, 630, 662. 3 Sumner, 12, United States v. Howard. 14 New Hampshire, 353, Tenney v. Evans. 16 B. Mon. 206, Clark v. Commonwealth.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion op the court.
Jack Bradshaw, who' was indicted in the Fayette Circuit Court for the murder of John Pearson, was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charges that Bradshaw killed Pearson “by shooting him with a loaded pistol, and throwing his body from a railroad train while in motion.”
*577There is some contrariety of testimony as to whether there was or not a pistol fired at the time of the alleged murder, and also as to whether deceased fell or was thrown from the train. The accused…
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