Pennington v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the 'Court by

Judge Richardson—

Affirming.

Convicted of the crime of manslaughter and sentenced to the state reformatory for a term of twenty-one years, Wesley Pennington is here insisting that the-record requires a reversal on the grounds that the verdict of the jury is flagrantly against the evidence and the commonwealth’s attorney in the preliminary statement, and the closing argument, to the jury made improper, prejudicial statements.

A consideration of the first ground requires a review of the evidence. It is conflicting. That of the-commonwealth is: Crate Collins and Craynor…