Whitson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Appellant was indicted in the Fulton circuit court charged with the murder of Almos Taylor, and upon his trial was found guilty and a verdict of life imprisonment returned against him. His motion for a new trial was denied, judgment was entered on the verdict, and he has appealed.

He resided in what is known as the Madrid Bend of Fulton county, a remote section of that county about twenty miles from the county seat and separated from the remainder of the county by a bend in the Mississippi river. It appears in that section the illicit…