Fields v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

Reversing.

The appellant, Vernon Fields, upon trial in the Jackson circuit court on an indictment charging him with the wilful murder of Jim Welch, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at five years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

From a judgment entered upon that verdict, he appeals, asking its reversal because of the following errors assigned and alleged committed by the trial court: (1) That the court erred in failing to direct a verdict of not guilty; (2) that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; and (3) that the…