Burton v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Dietzman

■ — -Affirming.

The appellant was convicted of the crime of the murder of his wife and given the death sentence. He appeals.

For some time prior to May 10, 1932, the date of the homicide, appellant and his wife and children had been living on the farm of Dr. Brown, located in Elliott county. Appellant had been very hostile to his wife. He had, as his doctor testified, a kidney infection, but he conceived the idea that his wife had infected him .with a loathsome disease. The record shows that appellant’s idea was without any foundation in fact and…