Baker v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle —

Affirming.

The appellant, Elisha Baker, following the return against him in the court below of an indictment charging him with the murder of Lee Caudill, was tried and by verdict of the jury found guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years. He duly filed a motion and grounds for a new trial, which the trial court, overruled; complaining of which, as well.as various other rulings of that court during the trial, he has appealed from the judgment of conviction.

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