Muncy v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry

— Reversing.

The appellant, Arthur Muncy, a deputy sheriff of Leslie county, was jointly indicted with Ed Brock, Thee Brock, and Jerry Brock by the grand jury of Leslie county, charged with the willful murder of Wilk Sparks.

On appellant’s separate trial, he was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at two years in the state penitentiary.

His motion and grounds for a new trial having been overruled, he appeals, relying upon the following grounds for reversal: (1) The court erred in instructing the jury and (2) the verdict is flagrantly against the…