Moore v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Earl.Moore, Glennis Moore, and John Moore, Jr., were jointly indicted for the malicious shooting and wounding of Astor Watts with the intent to kill, but from which shooting and wounding Watts did not die. The indictment charged that the name of the defendant who .did the shooting was unknown to the grand jury , and that the other defendants aided and 'abetted.

Earl Moore was tried first, found guilty, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state reformatory for two years. He appeals. He urges the following grounds for reversal: (1) the proof is insufficient to…