Bishoff v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle —

Affirming,

By this appeal the reversal of a verdict and judgment of the Jefferson circuit court, criminal division, convicting appellant of the murder of his wife and fixing his punishment at death, is sought, the trial having followed by some months the return of an indictment by the grand jury, charging him with the crime. Appellant’s motion for a new trial in the lower court was based on numerous grounds, but those relied on for a reversal of the judgment may be included in two propositions: that is, appellant contends (1) that the . judgment should be…