Maddy v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sims

Affirming.

Hubert Maddy was indicted for the murder of Fred Pack. A trial resulted in a manslaughter conviction and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years. In the motion for a new trial six errors were - assigned, but the only one argued in appellant’s brief is that a directed verdict should have been given in his favor. Therefore, a short resume of the evidence is necessary.

Maddy was chief of police in the town of Louisa and Pack was a constable who worked at night on the police force. The two men had some disagreement…