Davis v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Creal, Commissioner

Reversing.

Jointly indicted in the Christian circuit court with Roy Davis, Gether Long, and Alvan McIntosh for the murder of Wallace Myers, Ewing Davis, on separate trial, has been found guilty as charged in the indictment and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment.

By this appeal he is seeking a reversal of the judgment, and as warranting such action upon the part of this court has assigned the following grounds: (1) That the court committed prejudicial error in admitting incompetent evidence over his objection; (2) that the instructions given by…