Sizemore v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by.

Judge Settle

Reversing.

The appellants were jointly indicted for the murder of Harvey Smith. They had a joint trial under the indictment resulting iim -a verdict finding each- of them guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixing the punishment of each at confinement in the penitentiary twenty-one years. They were refused a new trial and have appealed. It. would serve no good purpose- to set forth or discuss in the opinion the evidence heard on the trial.' As the case must.be retried, -it is the safer course to withhold general comment upon its- force and! -effect.…