Oliver v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Thomas—

Reversing.

The appellant, "Will Oliver, was indicted in Knott •county and charged with maliciously murdering Brown Oliver, his son-in-law, and which was committed by appellant shooting deceased from the effects of which he died. At the trial thereof appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and punished by confinement in the penitentiary for five years. The motion for a new trial complained of the verdict, and the judgment pronounced thereon, for a number of grounds, but none of which do we regard of sufficient materiality to merit discussion…