Manns v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Widdis

Affirming.

Add Manns was convicted of the' crime of manslaughter and condemned to serve nine years in the penitentiary. He has prosecuted an appeal from the judgment, seeking a reversal on several grounds which will now be noticed.

It is argued that the verdict of the jury is contrary to the evidence, and without support from the facts proven.

It appeared that appellant, Clyde Carpenter, and several other men, assembled at the home of Russ Howard and engaged in a card game for stakes. Carpenter lost all the money he had and made a general request to borrow from…