Grant v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Rees

Affirming.

George Grant has been convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of fourteen years. He seeks a reversal of the judgment, and asserts that the trial court erred in three respects: (1) In rejecting evidence offered by him; (2) in admitting incompetent evidence over his objections; and (3) in overruling his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal.

The uncontradicted evidence shows that about 9 p. m. on November 2,1945, appellant entered a drugstore in Nicholasville, Kentucky, owned and operated by Peter…