Shell v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

—Reversing.

The appellant, Chester Shell, appeals from a judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment for the murder of Mart Pace. Proof of his gnilt consisted of evidence of animosity, threats, admissions, and circumstances susceptible of showing culpability; also the testimony of one that he saw the appellant fire the shot which tilled Pace, and to facts sufficient to show that Lee Vanover was an aider and abettor. The defense was a denial, an alibi, and an explanation of the circumstances; also proof to the effect that the claimed eyewitness was…