Commonwealth v. Carroll

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

The appellant was indicted in two bills of indictment, one charged murder and the other voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. He was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for a maximum term of 20 years and a minimum term of 6 years.

Fuller B. Conway met his death as a result of being struck a number of blows by the appellant, on August 17, 1936. This appeal is based on the court’s statement to the jury that he saw in this case no basis from a legal standpoint for a manslaughter charge, saying “there is no evidence here that there…