Lindsay v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

— Affirming.

At his trial in the Letcher circuit court under an indictment charging him -with murdering his brother, Chaney Lindsay, the appellant, N. R. Lindsay, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and punished by confinement for a period of 18 years in the penitentiary. Bv this appeal he seeks a reversal of the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial, and through his counsel urges as errors sufficient therefor: (1) That the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence, and (2) improper instructions of the court to the jury, each of which will be…