Collier v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Turner

Affirming.

Appellant was indicted in tlie Mercer Circuit Court charged with the murder of Verdie Bowling, and upon his trial was found guilty and given a life sentence.

It appears that in December, 1913, there was a sale at a farm house some distance from the county seat at which a large number of persons were present; that appellant and deceased were among the crowd, and each went there more or less under the influence of liquor; that appellant, previous to the difficulty, exhibited his pistol, jostled numerous persons in the crowd, and otherwise conducted…