Babey v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellant, Julius Babey, was tried in the Jefferson circuit court, criminal division, under an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife, Agnes Babey, whom he shot and killed in the city of Louisville, April 24, 1915. The jury by their verdict found him guilty of the crime charged and fixed his punishment at death. He complains of that verdict and the judgment entered thereon, hence, this appeal.

The crime was admitted by the appellant' and, according to the evidence, was deliberately planned and brutally executed. The motive therefor,…