Tucker v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing.

On June 20th, 1910, Elias Burgess shot and killed Finis Tucker, the husband of the appellant, Fannie Tucker. Burgess, was indicted and tried for murder, and was convicted of manslaughter on March 11, 1911, and. by way of punishment was given a term of eight years' in the penitentiary. Subsequently, on March 24, 1911, the appellant, Fannie Tucker, was indicted for the murder of her husband, Finis Tucker, and was convicted, and also given a term of eight years in the penitentiary. She appeals, and assigns three principal grounds for a reversal.

1. She…