Bell v. Commonwealth

STANLEY, Commissioner.

Jerry Bell appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of wilfully and maliciously shooting and wounding Siemon Pulliam with intent to kill him. KRS 435.-170. He was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. The only ground submitted for reversal of the judgment is that the defendant was entitled to an instruction on accidental shooting.

About midnight of February 13, 1957, Jerry and four friends were in a place in Louisville where some of them, at least, were drinking beer. They decided to dance and while doing so Jerry kept on molesting one of the…