Legal Opinion

Huffman v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 16, 1884PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPEAL FROM MERCER CIRCUIT COURT.

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION by

Judge Lewis :

The only witness in the trial of this case present when the homicide was committed with which appellant is charged was Donovan.

According to his testimony the shooting took place at the residence of appellant between sundown,and dark. Both the deceased and appellant were and had been all the evening drinking whiskey gotten at appellant’s house. A short while before the shooting they were talking otgether, both sitting on the same bed. The witness asked the deceased to go home, who said he would do so directly and did get up and go out of the house into' the big road as…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bradshaw v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1874

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Martin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911

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