Turner v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

Henry Turner, Sr., Henry Turner, Jr., Lige Turner, and Lewis Howard were indicted on a charge of banding themselves together and going forth armed for the purpose of intimidating, alarming, disturbing, and injuring Kent Cornett, Arthur McIntosh, and Mary Little. On his separate trial Henry Turner, Sr., was convicted and his punishment fixed at one year’s imprisonment. He appeals.

According' to the witnesses for the commonwealth the facts are these: Mary Little and her son-in-law, Kent Cornett, lived together. Her home is surrounded by a garden. On the…