Cornett v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming;.

The appellant, Daugh Cornett, was tried and convicted in the court below under an indictment charging him with the murder of his wife, Lucretia Cornett, and his punishment fixed by the verdict of the jury at imprisonment in' the penitentiary for life. He has appealed. The homicide occurred October 21st, 1908, in Clay County, at the home of his wife’s mother, Mrs. America Morgan.

Appellant and deceased were married about four years before her death and had lived together at the home of her mother until about a year before her death, when they…