Coates v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Eeversing.

Ernest Coates appeals from a judgment convicting him of the crime of shooting at another with intent to kill, hut without wounding, and fixing his punishment at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

The evidence, briefly stated, is as follows: Joe Eich, the prosecuting' witness, was married to appellant’s mother, and when they were living together resided at her home. Appellant was married and had one child. "When he and his wife separated he kept the child. After-wards he took the child to his mother’s home and she agreed to keep it. On…