Neal v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Jesse Neal was jointly indicted with his teen-age son, William, for the murder of one Kie Grubbs. The circuit court held that William could not be tried under the indictment because he was a juvenile and the statutory procedure governing juvenile offenders had not been followed. Upon the separate trial of Jesse, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.

Appealing, Jesse asserts as his principal ground of error that the evidence gave rise only to suspicion or conjecture as to his guilt, and therefore was insufficient to…