Fowler v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah.

Affirming.

Appellant, Rnford Fowler, together with his brother, Ernest Fowler, and their father, Carter Fowler, were jointly indicted in the Jackson Circuit Court for the murder of John M. Moore. The defendants moved for separate trials; and the Commonwealth having elected to try the appellant, Ruford Fowler, first, the jury found him guilty of murder, and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for life; and he appeals.

The killing for which he was tried and convicted occurred on August 5, 1913, at the polling place in Cavanaugh Precinct, in…