Vance v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Rees

Affirming.

Hayes Vance and Creed Martin were jointly indicted for the murder of John Slone and on his separate trial Vance was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. He seeks a reversal of the judgment on the grounds that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence and the instructions are erroneous.

The homicide occurred on Clear creek in Floyd county on a public road near the borne of Charlie Reynolds. Appellant and the deceased had lived in the same neighborhood since childhood and there is no evidence of any…