Nolan v. Commonwealth

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming;.

The appellant, Dock Nolan, was convicted of willfully and maliciously shooting and wounding Elza *853Neece with the intent to kill him, and his punishment fixed at twelve years confinement in the penitentiary. KRS 435.170.

The contention that the verdict is palpably against the weight of the evidence requires a brief summary.

The parties were neighbors and cousins by marriage. They had been friendly until they had a fight about eight months before the present occurrence. Both men had then been wounded quite severely and bad feelings existed between them. They…