Puckett v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

Brooks Puckett was indicted for the murder of "William Golf in the Clark circuit court. On the hearing of the case he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment was fixed at twenty-one years’ imprisonment. Ho appeals.

The first question made on the appeal is that the verdict is palpably against the evidence and should he set aside. The facts are these: Goff was running a store at Indian Fields in Clark county, in which lunches were served and soft drinks also were sold. Puckett was a farmer who lived a mile and a half away.…