BREWER v. COMMONWEALTH


227 S.W.2d 986 (1950)

312 Ky. 424

BREWER v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 7, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. J. May, Prestonsburg, Howard & Combs, Prestonsburg, for appellant.

A. E. Funk, Attorney General, Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CAMMACK, Justice.

Foster Brewer is appealing from a judgment sentencing him to 10 years in prison for shooting and wounding Luther Allen. The grounds urged for reversal are (1) the fourth instruction given the jury was prejudicially erroneous; (2) employed counsel for the Commonwealth was guilty of misconduct in his closing argument to the jury; and (3) incompetent evidence was admitted.

Foster Brewer and his brother, James, the prosecuting witness, Luther...

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