McIntosh v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Harris

Affirming.

The appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years’ confinement in the State Reformatory. The only ground urged for a reversal of that judgment is that the trial judge abused a sound discretion in not permitting the Commonwealth’s witness Sparks, who had been introduced in rebuttal, to answer certain questions which the appellant propounded to him. on cross-examination. A determination of the merits of appellant’s complaint necessitates a narration .of a portion of the testimony.

According to the Commonwealth’s testimony, Elva…