Davis v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas —

Reversing.

The appellant, Roy Davis, was indicted by the grand jury of Martin county, in which he was accused of murdering Irene Starr, a little girl between four and five years of age. Upon his trial he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he appeals from the judgment pronounced on the verdict.

A number of supposed errors are relied on in the motion for a new trial, but we find none of them possessing merit except those herein referred…