Neal v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Stanley

Affirming.

Upon the fourth trial of the appellant, Charles W. Neal, he has been found guilty for the third time of manslaughter, and he appeals from the judgment sentencing him to serve 17 years in the penitentiary.

On the first trial the jury disagreed. A verdict of guilty on the second trial was set aside by the lower court upon a supplemental motion for a new trial. See Commonwealth v. Neal, 223 Ky. 665, 4 S. W. (2d) 685. The third judgment was reversed in Neal v. Commonwealth, 229 Ky. 832, 18 S. W. (2d) 314, because of erroneous instructions. A…