Mann v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas—

Affirming.

At his trial in the Breathitt circuit court under an indictment charging him with willful murder, appellant, George Mann, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of five years. To reverse the judgment pronounced on the verdict he prosecutes this appeal. The grounds urged for reversal in brief of his counsel are (1) error of the court in overruling his motion for a continuance; and (2) error in the admission of evidence offered by the commonwealth.

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