Griffith v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant, Harry Griffith, was indicted with Ms brother, Frank Griffith, and Milton Hally, charged with the murder of John Harshbarger, and upon a separate trial was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. His defense was an alibi, quite reasonable and well supported.

Harshbarger was shot in the abdomen on the street in the village of "Worthington about 8:15 o’clock on the night of December 30, 1932. He was immediately carried to Sammons’ home across the street. . He there said he did not know who it was, or why it was done; that…