Brown v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Creal, Commissioner

Affirming.

Mollie Brown was indicted in the Floyd circuit court for the murder of her husband Levi Brown. She was convicted of manslaughter, and her punishment fixed at five years’ imprisonment. She has prosecuted this appeal.

For a reversal of the judgment of the lo'wer court, it is argued by her counsel that the court erred in admitting incompetent evidence, and that the verdict of the jury is flagrantly against the evidence.

The homicide occurred at the home of the deceased in the town of Wheelright in Floyd county. Deceased worked in the mines of…