Blancett v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Tilford

— Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Butler 'Circuit Court sentencing the appellant to confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-one years for the shooting and wounding with intent to kill of the town marshal of Morgantown. The indictment was returned on February 7, 1939, and the trial held in June of the same year. The evidence introduced by the Commonwealth, if true, fully warranted the maximum penalty imposed, as it indicates that the shooting, which occurred on the streets of Morgantown, was the result of a conspiracy between appellant…