Bowman v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant, Hack Bowman, was indicted for the murder of Wilfred Slone and his trial resulted in a conviction and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. On this appeal to reverse ■the judgment appellant relies only upon one error committed in the court below, to-wit: it refused to let him testify in his own behalf because on his voir dire it developed he previously had been convicted of false swearing.

Section 1180, Kentucky Statutes, reads:

“If any person be convicted of either of the offenses described in the…