Justice v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Reversing.

On Saturday, April 17th. of this year, Wedstel Justice so cut and wounded Noah Curry that he died therefrom on the following Friday. For this Justice was charged by indictment with murder, and when tried thereunder, he pleaded “self defense,” which the jury disregarded and convicted him of manslaughter and fixed- his punishment at sixteen years in the penitentiary, and Justice feeling he did not get justice has appealed. There is no need to detail the facts or to discuss hut one of the alleged errors that occurred at the trial.

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