Bales v. Commonwealth

Van Sant, Commissioner,

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of murdering Hershel Noe and his punishment fixed at confinement for life in the State Reformatory. He asks reversal- of the judgment on the grounds that the Court erred (1) in permitting incompetent evidence to be introduced on behalf of the Commonwealth, (2) in permitting the clothing worn by the deceased at the time he was killed to remain on exhi*273bition before the jury, (3) in failing to admit competent evidence offered by the defendant, and (4) in failing to grant him a new trial on newly discovered evidence.

On the afternoon of July…