Legal Opinion

Stamper v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 2, 1870PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Case 60 —INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 1 Bush, 76, Plummer v. Commonwealth. Wharton’s Criminal Law, secs. 118, 127, 364, 370, 999, 1000. Roscoe’s Criminal Evidence, pages 698, 788. 2 Rice’s South Carolina Digest, 106, State v. King, &c. Revised Statutes, section 2, article 6, chapter 28. 14 B. Monroe, 621, Rapp v. Commonwealth. 2 Duvall, 375, Commonwealth v. Yancv. Criminal Code, section 236. 1 Metcalfe, 376, Payne v. Commonwealth.

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Case 60 —INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM BATH CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 1 Bush, 76, Plummer v. Commonwealth. Wharton’s Criminal Law, secs. 118, 127, 364, 370, 999, 1000. Roscoe’s Criminal Evidence, pages 698, 788. 2 Rice’s South Carolina Digest, 106, State v. King, &c. Revised Statutes, section 2, article 6, chapter 28. 14 B. Monroe, 621, Rapp v. Commonwealth. 2 Duvall, 375, Commonwealth v. Yancv. Criminal Code, section 236. 1 Metcalfe, 376, Payne v. Commonwealth. CITED 1 Russell on Crimes, 541, 542. 1 Hawkin’s Pleas of tlie Crown, 81. 1 Hale, 439. 1 Blaokstone, 200.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE HARDIN

delivered the opihtoht oe the court.

The appellant, James M. Stamper, having been indicted, tried, and convicted of the offense of maliciously shooting and wounding Henry Rangee, with intent to kill him, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years, has appealed to this court for a reversal of the judgment.

The charge in the indictment is appropriately made under section 2, article 6, chapter 28, of the Revised Statutes, which declares that “if any person shall willfully and maliciously shoot at and wound another, with an intention to kill him, so that he does not die…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
  2. Ward v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
  3. Commonwealth v. CarterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
  4. Commonwealth v. PatrickCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1883
  5. Kessler v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1876

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