Powers v. Commonwealth
| Decision Date | 22 June 1901 |
| Citation | Powers v. Commonwealth, 110 Ky. 386, 63 S.W. 976 (Ky. Ct. App. 1901) |
| Parties | POWERS v. COMMONWEALTH. [1] |
| Court | Kentucky Court of Appeals |
"Not to be officially reported."
Opinion extended, and petition for modification overruled.
DU RELLE, J.
The court is of opinion that the defense should have been permitted to contradict the witness Sinclair's denial of a conversation asked for on cross-examination which tended if true, to show that his testimony had been purchased. The majority are also of opinion that a witness may be permitted to explain what he meant by spoken words, but not what he meant by written words, unless ambiguity exists as to their meaning, and, further,...
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57 cases
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Jenkins v. State
...whether the offender was hanged for one felony or another. 3 Coke Inst. 56 (1797); Powers v. Commonwealth, 110 Ky. 386, 61 S.W. 735, 63 S.W. 976 (1901). With the general trend toward mitigation in the severity of punishment for many felonies, and with the addition of many statutory felonies......
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National Park Bank of New York v. Louisville & N.R. Co.
...(Martin v. State, supra, 89 Ala. 115, 8 So. 23, 18 Am.St.Rep. 91, and note; Powers v. Commonwealth, 110 Ky. 386, 61 S.W. 735, 63 S.W. 976, 53 L.R.A. 245; State Taylor, 70 Vt. 1, 39 A. 447, 42 L.R.A. 673, 67 Am.St.Rep. 648), nor a result growing out of the individual malice, motive, or purpo......
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Jamison v. Flanner
...to set aside pardon (Rathbun v. Baumel, 196 Iowa 1233); and upon the trial of one pardoned (Michael v. The State, 40 Ala. 361; Powers v. Commonwealth, 110 Ky. 386). Perhaps list is not complete, but it is sufficient at least to show the variety of the proceedings in which the courts have be......
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People v. Roderman
...immaterial whether a man was hanged for one felony or another.' (Powers v. Commonwealth, 110 Ky. 386, 413, 61 S.W. 735, 741, 63 S.W. 976, 53 L.R.A. 245). One rope was as good as another, if it would hold the weight. But the Revised Statutes defined criminal homicides in new phraseology inte......
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