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ABBOTT v. COMMONWEALTH

352 S.W.2d 552 (1961)

Paul E. ABBOTT, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney J. Thompson, Winchester, H. M. Shumate, Shumate & Shumate, Irvine, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., William A. Watson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

A "shootin' scrape" took place at the Big Oaks, a drive-in restaurant in Powell County, on Sunday night, February 15, 1959, between two groups referred to as the Clark County boys and the Powell County boys. George Sales was killed by a .38 caliber bullet. Paul E. Abbott and five others were indicted for murder. The indictment charged that one of the defendants did the shooting and the others named aided and abetted. One of them, Clarence Oldfield...

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