Wireman v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Affirming.

On January 22, 1929, the grand jury of Magoffin county returned a true' bill charging that appellant had committed the crime of murder by willfully and feloniously shooting, wounding, and killing one Kelly Allen. For reasons, which will later appear, appellant was not brought to trial on the indictment until April 27, 1936, at which, time, after a hearing of testimony and instructions by the court not subjected to criticism, the jury returned a verdict finding appellant guilty of the lesser offense, voluntarily manslaughter, fixing his…