Butler v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered upon a verdict finding appellant guilty of murder and inflicting the death penalty. Appellant, along with Lett, and two others, Ross and Tate, all colored, were indicted on December 4, 1939, for the murder of W. D. Tittle, a white man, the case coming to trial on December 18, 1939, at which time certain motions were made and overruled, of which rulings as are subject of complaint, notice will he taken.

The record of this court, and this record, show that Lett was tried at the same term of court on…