Maiden v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellant, George Maiden, following his indictment by the grand jury of Whitley county for the murder of Virgil Reynolds, was on his trial in the Whitley circuit court for the crime charged, by verdict of a jury found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years. He was refused a new trial, his complaint of which and the judgment of conviction, led to the granting to him and his prosecution of the present appeal.

The grounds relied on by the appellant for the reversal of…