Bradley v. Commonwealth

MOREMEN, Justice.

Appellant, Joe Bradley, was indicted by the grand jury of Magoffin County for the crime of maliciously cutting and wounding Chalmer Whitt with a knife or other sharp instrument, a deadly weapon, with intent to kill him, but from which cutting, stabbing and wounding, death did not ensue. At the trial he was found guilty and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

Appellant urges the following grounds for reversal:(1) That the court erred in failing to instruct the jury at the close of the testimony for the Commonwealth, to find a verdict for…