Smallwood v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Boy -Smallwood and Burchell Smith were indicted for the murder of John Taylor. Among the counts of the indictment was one charging conspiracy. /On a separate trial Boy Smallwood was found guilty and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment. He appeals.

The insistence that the verdict was not supported. Toy the evidence requires a brief summary of the facts.

John Taylor lived on Goose creek in Clay county. About ten o ’clock on the morning of April 13,1922, he left his home. A few minutes after he left several shots were heard. On the next day his body…