Jamerson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

The appellant, Walter Jamerson, was indicted by the grand jury of Monroe county for the murder of Bob Finley and on his trial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinément in the penitentiary for a period of 21 years.

The errors assigned in his motion and grounds for a new trial are that the instructions are erroneous and the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence.

Finley, who had recently married, rented a one-room house from appellant at $2 a month, and was to have the use of a stove and safe while he occupied…