Long v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Justice.

Edward Long was tried and convicted in the Perry Circuit Court of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of Vertin Collins and sentenced to the penitentiary for 21 years. He appeals, urging the following grounds for reversal: (1) The verdict is not sustained by the evidence, and (2) the instructions are erroneous.

It appears from the evidence that deceased, Collins, Ben Perdue and appellant, Long, all lived in the mining camp of Blue Diamond Coal Company in Perry County. These three men were together at the home of Perdue during the night of December 20, 1952, and until…