Anderson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

Appellant, Zeke Anderson, was indicted in the Pike circuit court jointly with Booker Wright and A. R. Rowe for the murder of an Italian, Guiseppe De Riso. Upon a separate trial, appellant was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at fifteen years’ confinement in the state penitentiary, from which judgment he has .appealed.

The only ground relied upon for a reversal is that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury with reference to evidence of Booker Wright, claimed to he an ac*311complice, as required by section 241, Criminal Code,…