Martin v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellants Jake Martin, Ben Martin, Stanley Nicholson, and one Clarence Layton were jointly indicted in the Campbell circuit court charged with the offense of murdering Owen Campbell, and upon their joint trial the first three were convicted of voluntary manslaughter and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 15 years each, but Layton was acquitted. The convicted defendants have appealed to this court and through their counsel urge as grounds for reversal: (1) that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; (2)…