Bartley v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

The first question to be decided on this appeal of John Bartley from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of his wife, Flora Bartley, at their home on Big Branch Creek in Pike County, is the legality of the jury. The regular panel was exhausted when twelve of its members had qualified to sit in the case. The Commonwealth peremptorily challenged two of them and their places were filled with bystanders without objection. Eight of the twelve then went out on peremptory challenge of the defendant. Over the objection of the…