Simpson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Wm. Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

At the November term, 1906, of the Garrard circuit court, John Simpson, Jones Simpson, and Curt East were jointly indicted for the murder of Bud Casey; the indictment charging each defendant with the main offense and each of the others as an aider and abettor, and further charging that the murder was committed by either striking the deceased with a blunt instrument or by burning his house. When the ease was called for trial Curt East asked for a separate trial. John Simpson and Jones Simpson were then tried, convicted, and their…