Greer v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 10 — Indictment and Conviction for Murder APPEAL FROM MARSHALL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment of Conviction and Defendant Appeals. On the 8th day of the March Term, 1900, of the Marshall circuit court, an indictment was returned against the appellant, James Greer, and his two brothers, John Greer, a boy about sixteen years of age, and Joe Greer, a boy about fourteen years of age, charging them jointly with the offense of murder.
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Case 10 — Indictment and Conviction for Murder APPEAL FROM MARSHALL CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment of Conviction and Defendant Appeals. On the 8th day of the March Term, 1900, of the Marshall circuit court, an indictment was returned against the appellant, James Greer, and his two brothers, John Greer, a boy about sixteen years of age, and Joe Greer, a boy about fourteen years of age, charging them jointly with the offense of murder. The substance of the charge is as follows: “That the defendants did kill and murder John Thomas by compelling him to drink large and unusual quantities of wine and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE PAYNTER
Reversing.
The grand jury returned an indictment against the appellant, charging that he had wilfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, killed John Thomas, by compelling him to drink large and unusual quantities of whisky] and wine, by beating and bruising him, by burning .him with fire, by dragging him on the ground with a rope or strap tied around his neck, and by leaving him helpless and exposed to the inclemency of the cold winter night, so he did then and there immediately die. The court fixed June 25, 1900, for the trial of the case.…
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