Shelton v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

Appellant complains on this appeal that he was illegally convicted in the court below of the crime of murder, of which he was accused in an indictment returned against him for the killing of Martha Pigg; the verdict of. the jury finding him guilty as charged, and fixing his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for life, upon which judgment was formally entered.

Numerous grounds for a new trial were filed in the circuit court by appellant, but only one of them is relied on by him for reversal, viz: That the court failed tq properly instruct…