Garrett v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, ' Commissioner—

Reversing.

The appellant, whom we shall call the defendant, was charged with the murder of Jack Brewer. He was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the jienitentiary for life. This homicide occurred in the Perry county jail, wherein defendant was a prisoner, and deceased a deputy jailer. On the morning of August 19, deceased came into the jail for the purpose of feeding the prisoners. Defendant had had some trouble with a woman in the jail, who had used very insulting and abusive language to him, and the record discloses that he had…