Blaylock v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

For the killing of Charley Hyden, the appellant, Paris Blaylock, has been convicted of manslaugiiter and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Except for a trivial claim as to the admission of incompetent evidence in rebuttal, his sole ground for reversal of the judgment is that the verdict is not supported by the evidence.

We must look to the evidence of the defendant and his witnesses to learn of a preliminary difficulty, and to get the background of the immediate events.

The defendant testified he had known the deceased-a short time by the…