Slone v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Thomas—

Affirming.

On July 4, 1929, at about 9:30 p. m., the appellant, Craynor Slone, thrust a knife in the back of Floyd Taylor and severely wounded him while the parties were walk ing upon a railroad track in returning from church serv ices held in a mining village in Floyd county. Defenc ant was later indicted by the grand jury of tha county under section 1166 of our present Statutes, ii which he was charged with maliciously cutting, stabbing and wounding Floyd Taylor with a knife, which was deadly weapon, with the intention of killing him. At hi trial…