Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

Jasper Williams and Paul Williams, father and son, were indicted by the grand jury of the Harlan circuit court, charged with the crime of willful murder committed by shooting and killing Isaac -Simpson. On a trial before a jury they were found guilty; Jasper’s, punishment was fixed at confinement in the State Reformatory for a period of twenty-one years and Paul’s for the rest of his natural life. They have appealed from the judgment of conviction and are here insisting th,e court erred in overruling their motion to quash the indictment and…