Collins v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

James Harris Collins appeals from a judgment of the Fayette Circuit Court which sentenced him to life imprisonment pursuant to a verdict finding him guilty of aiding and abetting James Harvey Hen-dren in the murder of Mary Louise Bur-rell.

Collins’ first contention is that the evidence did not establish that the offense was committed in Fayette County, wherefore the Fayette Circuit Court did not have venue of the prosecution. The evidence was that Miss Burrell was a maid in the employ of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rosenberg at their residence in Lexington, which is in Fayette…