Baker v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

— Reversing.

In August, 1936, two indictments were returned against W. H. Baker by tbe grand jury of Leslie county, one charging him with the murder of John Howard and the other charging him with the murder of Hence Farley.. He was tried under the Howard indictment, convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of 15 years in the state penitentiary. The judgment was reversed, Baker v. Commonwealth, 268 Ky. 248, 194 S. W. (2d) 976, and, at a subsequent trial, Baker was acquitted. Later he was tried under the Parley indictment, convicted of the…