Flowers v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

The appellant, John Flowers, is appealing from a judgment on a. verdict under which he was convicted of aiding and abetting in the commission of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary. He and Bill Brown were indicted jointly for the wilful murder of Jess Browning. Brown was tried first and was convicted of murder' and sentenced to life imprisonment. Reversal is urged because (1) the trial court erred in overruling the appellant’s motion for a peremptory instruction at the conclusion of the evidence offered…