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PENNINGTON v. COMMONWEALTH

262 S.W.2d 689 (1953)

PENNINGTON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 4, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac Turner, Hyden, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLIKEN, Justice.

Willard Pennington was convicted of the murder of Lillie Engle in Leslie County on October 6, 1952, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. No specific reason for reversal is urged upon us unless it is the dubious character of the principal witnesses who testified against him.

Lillie Engle rode up Bad Creek of Greasy Creek of the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River to get some moonshine whisky, swap his horse, or both...

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