WILSON v. COMMONWEALTH


253 S.W.2d 254 (1952)

WILSON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Richardson and Stokes A. Baird, Munfordville, Rodes K. Myers, Bowling Green, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., H.D. Reed, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


CAMMACK, Chief Justice.

Otis Wilson was sentenced to two years in prison for maliciously shooting and wounding Edgar Shirley. He is seeking a reversal of the judgment on the grounds that (1) a peremptory instruction should have been granted in his favor; (2) he was entitled to a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence; and (3) the verdict was not signed by a member of the jury.

Both of the parties are Negroes. Wilson operates a restaurant in Horse...

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