Parrott v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Affirming.

TJpon the trial of appellant, Willie Parrott, in the Rockcastle circuit court, under an indictment which charged him with murder, the evidence for the commonwealth tended to establish these facts: Geoffery Howard, who was killed, was 20 years of age, and was a cripple as a result of an attack of spinal meningitis when three years of age. Previous to the time he was killed he had testified against appellant in a prosecution to the effect that he had placed an obstruction on a railroad track. On the day of the trial and before that testimony…