Campbell v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 6d —INDICTMENT— APPEAL PROM .1 EPPERSON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The beating and cruel treatment of one’s child may cause under the law such a heat of passion as to reduce a homicide to manslaughter. (12 Coke, 87; 1 Hawk., 125; 2 Croke, 296; 1 Hale, 453; 1 East, 237; t Blackstone, 449; Bey v. Harrington, 10 Cox, C. C. 370; Nicholas v. Commonwealth, 11 Bush, 586; Guffee v. State, 8 Tex.
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Case 6d —INDICTMENT— APPEAL PROM .1 EPPERSON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The beating and cruel treatment of one’s child may cause under the law such a heat of passion as to reduce a homicide to manslaughter. (12 Coke, 87; 1 Hawk., 125; 2 Croke, 296; 1 Hale, 453; 1 East, 237; t Blackstone, 449; Bey v. Harrington, 10 Cox, C. C. 370; Nicholas v. Commonwealth, 11 Bush, 586; Guffee v. State, 8 Tex. Appeal; Biggs v. State, Hourigan, 749; Oliver v. State, 17 Ala., 507; Hill v. State, 5 Texas Appeal, 2; Cheek v. State, 35 Ind., 492; Waywright v. The State, 56 Ind., 122; Mehler-v. People, 81 Am. Dec., 781;…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant, Peter Campbell, was indicted by the grand jury of Jefferson county for the murder of his son-in-law, Michael Eady, the trial resulting in a verdict of manslaughter, with the punishment fixed at confinement in the State prison for the period of ten years. The deceased and the daughter of the accused had been married about five years, and, from the testimony in the case, it was not long after the marriage before his conduct toward his wife became cruel and inhuman. Iiis blows upon her person caused the premature birth of a child. She…
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