Saylor v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Reversing.

John Saylor and Giles Saylor were jointly indicted, charged with the murder of Elhannon C'ollins. In a separate trial John Saylor was tried and found guilty of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at twenty-one years in the penitentiary. On this appeal ithe learned attorney general concedes that the judgment should he re versed on account of error in the instructions, and in so doing it is deemed proper to recount the facts and indicate our views upon such questions as are likely to occur ■in another trial.

Appellant, a widower, and his small…