Goins v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Affirming.

The appellant, Granville Goins, -when tried by a jury in the "Whitley circuit court, under an indictment which charged him with the crime of murder, was found guilty of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for 15 years. Judgment was entered sentencing him to pay that penalty; and this appeal is prosecuted therefrom.

It is insisted for appellant that the verdict of the jury is flagrantly against the evidence. This contention is founded largely upon the fact that four of the five eye witnesses testified…