Hall v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

Appellant, L. D. Hall, was indicted by the grand jury of Pendleton County for the murder of Elijah Wood. He was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and given an indeterminate sentence of from two to twenty-one years in the State penitentiary. From the judgment predicated on the verdict this appeal is prosecuted.

The chief ground relied upon for reversal is that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict.

The evidence shows that Elijah Wood, the man who it is claimed appellant killed, lived in Pendleton…