Nichols v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

— Affirming.

Aaron Nichols, a hoy 21 years of age, was charged with the crime of willfully murdering Mabel Turner, a girl some 10 years of age, by driving his automobile against her in a reckless and wanton manner. Upon his trial he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 10 years in the Reformatory. He is urging that the judgment upon the verdict be reversed, because (1) the court admitted incompetent and prejudicial evidence; (2) the court rejected competent and relevant evidence; and (3) the Commonwealth’s attorney was…