Barnes v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the court by

JUDGE GUFFY

Reversing.

The appellant was indicted in the Nelson Circuit Court-for the murder of W. B. Nicholls, and upon trial of the charge he was found guilty of murder, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and, his motion for a new trial having been overruled, he prosecutes this appeal.

It appears from the testimony that appellant and deceased lived near together in Nelson county, and prior to the 20th of November, 1899, had been on friendly terms. On the 20th of November, 1899, they met in Bardstown,'in the store of one Losson. It so happened that some…