Newcomb v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

Corbett Newcomb has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on the charge that he was driving an automobile which struck and killed Joe Darnell, a pedestrian. As appellant, he seeks a reversal of the judgment upon the grounds that the evidence does not sustain the verdict. He submits that if it be deemed sufficient to identify him as the driver of the car, it is not sufficient to establish his guilt of operating it in such a manner as the law demands for a conviction of the crime.

Darnell, an…