Fleming v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chiee Justice Hurt

Affirming.

The appellant, Mahle Fleming, .was indicted for the crime of mnrder, which was committed as charged in the indictment, by shooting and mortally wounding Ethel Thompson with a pistol, and from which shooting the victim died the following day. A trial resulted in her conviction of the crime of manslaughter and the fixing of her punishment at imprisonment for fifteen years. Her motion to set aside the verdict of the jury and to grant a new trial having been overruled, she has appealed from the judgment.

The grounds presented for setting aside the…