Taylor v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

William Taylor was indicted, tried, and convicted in the Knox circuit court on the charge of murder; the jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at twenty-one years in the penitentiary. He appeals.

The appellant and Gilbert Broughton were, related; the wife of deceased was a niece of appellant. Broughton was a merchant. Appellant was a farmer, occasionally working in timber when not engaged in farming. He was receiving from the federal government a pension of $19 a month. He became indebted to Broughton in a sum…