Zeutzius v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Ratliff—

Affirming.

The appellant, Theodore Zeutzius, was indicted by the grand jury of Jefferson County, Kentucky, for the murder of Charles E. Fowler. Upon a trial of the case he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for ten years.

There is no complaint as to the sufficiency of the evidence and the only grounds relied on for reversal are, (1) the court failed and refused to instruct the jury on the law of self-defense, and (2) the court failed to instruct the jury on drunkenness of…