Hogan v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice McCandless

— Affirming.

John Savage and Sam Hogan were indicted under section 1166, Ky. Statutes, and jointly tried, on the charge of maliciously striking and wounding Zona Good-bar with a deadly weapon. Both were convicted, and the punishment of each was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years. Hogan appeals.

For reversal it is insisted that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence, and that the court erred in its instructions. Considering these questions in their order:

The prosecuting witness.states that on the night of the…