Wright v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Logan

Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at four years in the state reformatory. He urg-es three grounds for reversal: (1) The verdict is not supported by the evidence. (2) The court sustained objections to competent testimony offered by appellant. (3) The court over his objections allowed evidence in chief to be introduced as rebuttal testimony.

Appellant appears to be of the opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to uphold the verdict of the jury because no motive was shown for the killing. Appellant killed his…