Carter v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Settle—

Affirming.

The appellant, 'William Carter, was indicted in-the court below for the crime of willful murder. The ■victim was Joseph Walker, a resident of the city of Louisville, and the place of the homicide the manufacturing establishment of the Mengel Box Company; Shortly after the return .of the indictment appellant was tried and convicted, the verdict of the jury fixing his punishment at death; hut he was granted a new trial by the circuit court. The second trial also *242resulted in a verdict of guilty and the death penalty. Thereupon appellant again…