Jackson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

The appellant, charged with the murder of Ed. Dixon, was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at eight years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

For reversal of that judgment he urges but one error, the admission of the dying declaration of Dixon.

Decedent was shot by appellant on December 18, 1919, in Oldham county, taken to the hospital in Louisville on December 19th and died from peritonitis as a result of his wounds, at the home of his mother in Louisville on January 22, 1920. Dr. R. B. Pryor was called to see deceased shortly after…