Wireman v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Olay

Reversing.

George Wireman, who was charged with the murder of Ollie Carpenter, was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at ten years’ confinement in the state reformatory. He appeals.

The first ground urged for reversal is that the evidence was insufficient to take the case to the jury, or to sustain the verdict. The facts as developed by the evidence for the Commonwealth, are these: On the evening of December 17, 1923, Ollie Carpenter was killed at the *829home of Adam Wireman. a brother of appellant, on Trace fork in Magoffin county, and appellant…