Johnson v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 8 — INDICTMENT FOR MURDER APPEAL PROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Criminal Code, secs. 226, 236, 237, 242, 267. Wharton’s American Criminal Law, 1008 to 1012. 3 Bush, 533, Coppage v. Commonwealth. 1 Met. 378, Payne v. Commonwealth. 2 Bush, 83, Commonwealth v. Shields. 2 Duvall, 328, Phillips v. Commonwealth. 17 B. Mon. 320, Adwell v. Commonwealth. 18 B. Mon. 52, Meredith v. Commonwealth. 14 B. Mon. 501, Rapp v. Commonwealth.
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Case 8 — INDICTMENT FOR MURDER APPEAL PROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Criminal Code, secs. 226, 236, 237, 242, 267. Wharton’s American Criminal Law, 1008 to 1012. 3 Bush, 533, Coppage v. Commonwealth. 1 Met. 378, Payne v. Commonwealth. 2 Bush, 83, Commonwealth v. Shields. 2 Duvall, 328, Phillips v. Commonwealth. 17 B. Mon. 320, Adwell v. Commonwealth. 18 B. Mon. 52, Meredith v. Commonwealth. 14 B. Mon. 501, Rapp v. Commonwealth. CITED Criminal Code, sec. 372. 2 Met. 540, 564. 3 Met. 16. 3 Bush, 481, Hopkins v. Commonwealth. 7 Bush, 643, Reed v. Commonwealth. 2 Met. 36, Kennedy v.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion of the court.
Benjamin Johnson, sr., and his two sons, James Johnson and Benjamin Johnson, jr., were jointly indicted in the Jackson Circuit Court for the murder of Isaac Edwards. The parties obtained a change of venue to the county of Madison, where a trial was had as to James Johnson and Benjamin Johnson, jr., resulting in a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment. Benjamin Johnson, jr., has appealed to this court from the judgment of conviction, and by his counsel assigns various errors committed during the progress of the trial as grounds for a…
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