Hensley v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

Ed Hensley, Floyd Hensley and Willie Combs were jointly indicted for the murder of Paul Watts. Ed Hensley was tried separately and his punishment fixed at 21 years in prison. Upon this appeal he is insisting a peremptory instruction should have been given in his favor because the evidence was as consistent with innocense as with guilt.

The Hensleys and Combs were in Jackson during the day of the killing. They left there late in the afternoon and rode to Spicer’s Place, known as Rock House, about six miles from Jackson. The three had been drinking…