Kirk v. Commonwealth

*Buchanan, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Kirk was indicted, along with three others, for the murder of his wife, Anna Kirk, whose death was caused by the bite of a snake alleged to have been held by Kirk during a church ceremony. He elected to be tried separately, was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter and accordingly sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.

On this writ of error granted to that judgment, he has made 21 assignments of error, which may be gathered into three main contentions: (1) That the verdict was con*842trary to the evidence; (2) that the court erred in…