Duke v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Affirming.

The appellant, Stanley Duke, upon an indictment accusing him of the crime of murder, by shooting and *139killing Alex Wells with a pistol, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for the period of fifteen years., by the verdict of the jury, and a judgment was rendered accordingly. His motion for a new trial being overruled, he has appealed.

The grounds upon which he assails the fairness of his trial, are that :

1. The court erred to the prejudice of his substantial rights in the admission of testimony…