Watson v. Commonwealth

Opinion qp the Court by

Judge Simh

Affirming.

Appellant, Jake Watson, was jointly indicted with Ale C. Watson, Homer, Cecil and Rich Jones, for the wilful murder of Ruben Coffey. The indictment charged them with conspiring together to kill Coffey and averred they produced his death by shooting him. Upon a separate trial Jake Watson was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. The sole ground relied upon in his brief for reversing the judgment is that the evidence is entirely circumstantial and is not sufficient to sustain the verdict.

Ale C. Watson the 13…