Colon v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

George Colson was indicted for murder by the grand jury of Bell county. At tbe instance of tbe Commonwealth a change of venue was granted to Madison county, where a jnry found him guilty of manslaughter and fixed Ids punishment at seven years’ confinement in the state reformatory. He appeals.

The facts are these: The deceased, Ira Ball, and his wife had lived for a short time on the corner of Cumberland avenue and Fifteenth street in the city of Middlesboro. Cumberland avenue runs east and west, while Fifteenth street runs north and south. Ball and…