Spencer v. Commonwealth

*700Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Affirming.

The appellant, Boyd Spencer, was indicted in tlie Clark circuit court, for the crime of wilful murder, and when tried, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by the jury, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for a term of ten years, and a judgment followed in accordance with the verdict of the jury. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he has appealed.

A reversal of the judgment is sought upon four grounds, wherein it is insisted that the trial court erred to the prejudice of the substantial rights of the accused, as…