Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) December 18, 1925 (Cloyd v. Commonwealth)

OPINION op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

The defendant, charged by indictment with maliciously striking and wounding John Tackett with a deadly

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weapon, was by the jury found guilty, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year. He filed his motion and grounds for a new trial, relying upon these alleged errors:

One. The excessiveness of the verdict.