Pierce v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge—

Affirming.

The jury that tried appellant in the Eussell circuit court, under an indictment which charged him with murder, found him guilty and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for life. Judgment was entered against him in accordance with the verdict and he prosecutes this appeal therefrom..

He assigns as a ground for reversal of the judgment misconduct upon the part of one of the jurors that tried him. That reason was assigned for setting aside the verdict of the jury in the motion and grounds for a new trial filed herein. When…