Gadd v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Siler

Affirming.

John Gadd, the appellant, was convicted of the offense of voluntary manslaughter of Raymond Damrell. Punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for fourteen years. He appeals.

It is now contended that the judgment should be reversed because the trial court committed the following prejudicial errors, viz.: (1) That of overruling appellant’s motion to discharge all prospective jurors who had read the newspaper account of the offense on trial; (2) that of admitting incompetent evidence during this trial; (3) that of rendering this judgment…