Riley v. Commonwealth

OPINION op the Court by

Judge Perry

-Affirming.

The appellant, Jerry Riley, and his brother, Robert Riley, were by the grand jury of Perry county jointly indicted for the willful murder of the deceased, George Elanery.

Upon their trial at the February, 1934, term of the Perry circuit court the appellant, Jerry -Eiley, was found guilty of murder and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for life, and. his - brother and co-defendant, Eobert Eiley, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at ten years ’ imprisonment therein.

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