Steppe v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

Reversing.

Henry C. Steppe was indicted by the grand jury of Harlan county, charging him with the willful murder of Homer Dotson, and, upon trial therefor by the Bell circuit court, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state reformatory for a period of fifteen years.

Complaining of this judgment, he appeals, seeking its reversal upon the grounds:(1) That by the improper conduct of the county attorney and the commonwealth attorney, reversible errors were committed upon the trial.(2) That the court made…