Bond v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming.

The appellant, Henry Bond, when tried under an indictment returned by the Boyd county grand jury charging him with the crime of murder, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of four years in the state penitentiary. On appeal, he urges two grounds for reversal of the judgment: (1) That the verdict is not sustained by the evidence, and (2) that the instructions are erroneous.

For the proper consideration of the merit of objection 1, it is needful to briefly summarize the evidence heard upon the trial.

Without stopping to detail the…