Clair v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, John Clair, was indicted for the murder of Joe Greenwell, and, on ms t,rial, was found guilty of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of twenty-one years. He seeks a reversal of the judgment chiefly on the ground that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence.

The homicide occurred at Wilhurst in Breathitt county on the evening of November 3, 1935, in front of a dance hall owned by Caesar Hurst. A dance had been in progress during the night, and the deceased, his wife, the…