Minix v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court bt

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The only ground urged on this appeal for a reversal of the judgment herein is that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence.

The appellant, J. A. Minix, was charged with maliciously cutting and wounding one Robert Chandler, and, upon his trial, was convicted, and his punishment fixed at' confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 18 months.

Chandler was the only witness for the commonwealth as to what occurred immediately before and at the time of the difficulty in which he was cut and wounded. He testified that appellant came to his home and…