Saylor v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

Appellant, Millard Saylor, under an indictment charging him with the murder of Earl Calloway, was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years.

It is urged in his behalf that the judgment should he reversed because (1) the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; (2) the trial judge abused a sound discretion in refusing to send the jury to view the scene of the killing; and (3) the court erred in refusing to grant a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.

Appellant and…