Copeland v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Reversing.

Appellant is accused of the crime of voluntary manslaughter by recklessly and wantonly running an automobile upon and against W. H. Anderson, thereby wounding and killing’ him.

On this appeal he insists that the verdict of the jury was insufficient to authorize a judgment of conviction for the crime of manslaughter. The verdict reads: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment and fix his punishment for a term of two years in prison. Signed one of the jury, A. T. Bohannon.”

The penalty fixed in the instruction on…