Necamp v. Commonwealth

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

As stated in Maddox v. Commonwealth, 311 Ky. 685, 225 S. W. 2d 107, William NeCamp was also convicted of the murder of Louis Monkedick in Newport in March, 1946, and the death penalty imposed. He was tried a month after Maddox. The evidence of the Commonwealth in this case is substantially the same, perhaps stronger because the witness, Fenton, related more details of the occurrences and admissions at his home that night, and some additional evidence of identification of the things taken in the robbery of the saloon.

It is urged on the appeal that Fenton,…