Simpson v. Commonwealth

Opinion oe the Court by

Judge Perry —

Affirming.

The appellant, Fred Simpson, was indicted on August 19, 1931, by the grand jury of Harlan county for the murder of Guy Blanton, and at the March term, 1932, of the Harlan circuit court, he was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and judgment entered thereon sentencing him to confinement in the state reformatory for a period of 21 years.

His motion and grounds for a new trial being overruled, he has appealed, and relies upon the following grounds for a reversal of the judgment: (1) Errors committed in the admission of alleged incompetent _evidence;…