GIBSON v. COMMONWEALTH


287 S.W.2d 163 (1956)

Gillis GIBSON and Will Osborne, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don A. Ward, Hazard, for appellants.

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


WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellants, Gillis Gibson and Will Osborne, were convicted of the offense of maliciously cutting and wounding another, as denounced by KRS 435.170(2), and their punishment was fixed at confinement in prison for two years. It is urged that the judgment should be reversed because the court erred: (1) In instructing the jury, and (2) in refusing to permit one of the appellants' witnesses to testify on the trial of the case.

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