Coleman v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing’.

On Sunday, July 28, 1929, John Coleman slew Joe Herrington. Pie was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter, Ms punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary, and his motion for a new trial having been overruled, he has appealed.

He urges for reversal that he was entitled to a directed acquittal, that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, and errors in the admission and rejection of evidence. The court erroneously allowed the widow of Joe Plerrington to detail a conversation had with Coleman on Saturday afternoon,…