Schull v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court bt

Judge Knight

Affirming.

Appellant, Charles B. Schull, was indicted at the September term of the Pike Circuit Court for the wilful murder of Hubert Lee Kipfinger. On a trial under this indictment he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of two years. He prosecutes this appeal from a judgment based upon that verdict. The only ground relied on for reversal by appellant is that the verdict of the jury is flagrantly against the evidence and was given as a result of passion and prejudice. A…