John L. Pitts v. Commonwealth

Opinion - of .t-he Court .by-

Drury/ : Commissioner—

Affirming:

On January" 19,1925, Jack Howard-was- slain. John L. Pitts and Burns Pitts were charged by indictment with his murder,- and upon his separate trial,- John D. Pitts was found guilty "of manslaughter."' -His punishment'Vas fixed at'fifteen yearsconfinement" "in the penitentiary. He is'asking-'for a reversal because the-court'refused at the cónclusion of thé 'evidence! or the Commóhwéálth, and again kt'ihé 'cióse' pf ‘all'of the'/evidence^ fp sustain his 'motion fofa peremptory ''instrúctiOíiT'/,AÍ theclÓse of its evidence,' the…