Hurd v. Commonwealth

John Hurd was found guilty, as principal in the second degree, of murder in the first degree and sentenced to twenty years’ confinement in the penitentiary. He contends that the judgment of the trial court should be reversed and the verdict of the jury set aside because of three errors committed during the progress of the trial.

The errors assigned are: (1) The refusal of the court to sustain a demurrer to the indictment; (2) the refusal of the court to set aside the verdict on the ground that two of the jurors were disqualified; (3) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict. These…