Henson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hobson

Affirming.

John Henson was indicted in the Knox circuit court. The indictment was in three counts. In the first count it was charged that Henson had conspired *175with certain others named to kill S. C. Early and other persons named; and that in pursuance of the conspiracy he had feloniously and with malice aforethought killed Early by shooting him with a pistol. In the second count of the indictment Henson and his associates were charged with murder in the usual form. In the third count of the indictment it is charged that Henson shot and killed Early, and that…