Ellis v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

Under sentence of ■ death by the judgment of the Pulaski Circuit Court, the appellant prosecutes this appeal, and asks a reversal for errors committed to his prejudice during the trial that resulted in his conviction.

The appellant and Fount Helton were indicted by the grand jury of Pulaski county at a special term of the circuit court held in July, 1911, for the murder of A. J. Beatty, and, when the case was called for trial at this special term, on motion of the defendants, the Commonwealth was required to elect which one of them it would first…