Jarrell v. Commonwealth

Opinion opthe Court by

Judge .Thomas

— Reversing.

The appellant and defendant below, Pete Jarrell, in the mining town of Maytown in Floyd county, and at about 8 p. m., shot and killed Boga Patton. He was later indicted by the grand jury of Floyd county in which he was accused of murder, and at his trial in the Floyd circuit court he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for nine years. His motion for a new trial was overruled and from the verdict and judgment rendered thereon he prosecutes this appeal, and by Ms counsel urges three grounds for…