Blackerby v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

Appellant, who was indicted for the murder of C. E. Heavrin, was found guilty of manslaughter and his .punishment fixed at confinement in the state reformatory for a period of twenty-one years.

The case, as presented by appellant, may be summarized as follows': Appellant and his wife had resided in Louisville for about sixteen years. He was in the tobacco business, and up to within a short time of the homicide she was in charge of the linen department of Herman, Straus & Sons Company, and had accumulated an estate *834•worth several thousand dollars.…