Lawson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Turner

Affirming.

Appellant, Tom Martin, and Warren Wade-, were jointly indicted in the Shelby circuit court, charged with the murder of Hardin Inghram.

In the first count of the. indictment, appellant was charged with the killing, and the other two with being present and aiding and abetting. Upon hiis- separate trial, as principal, appellant was. found guilty and sentenced to death, and his motion and grounds- for a new: trial having been overruled, he appeals.

The facts disclosed on the trial were ab-o-ut these: In the early evening of Saturday, October 21, 1911,…