BLACKBURN v. COMMONWEALTH


349 S.W.2d 835 (1961)

Bennle BLACKBURN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

September 29, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Clarke, Prestonsburg, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Martin Glazer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

Bennie Blackburn appeals a judgment of conviction of malicious shooting and wounding James Slone and a sentence of two years' imprisonment.

The shooting occurred at the defendant's home and seems to have followed a quarrel of the two men, who were friends. Both were intoxicated wholly or partly.

The appellant incredulously argues that the indictment should have been quashed because returned on an affidavit and not upon testimony...

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