Shepherd v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sims

— Affirming.

Flourine Shepherd was convicted of the felony of maliciously shooting and wounding Homer Harmon. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years and on this appeal he asks a reversal of the judgment upon two grounds. First, the court erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict; second, the jury was not properly instructed.

Appellant agues that the physical facts and circumstances corroborate his testimony that he shot in self-defense and are more consistent with his innocence than his guilt, therefore he…