Napier v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

From the judgment entered on the verdict of the jury convicting him of the offense of manslaughter and sentencing him to imprisonment for 21 years, appellant appeals.

For grounds for reversal he insists that the court erred in refusing to grant him a continuance on account of an absent witness; that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; and that the court erred in its instructions.

So far as the first ground is concerned, it may be disposed of summarily. The appellant did not make the refusal of the court to grant him a continuance one of…