Daniels v. Commonwealth

*514Opinion op the Court, by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

Shortly after daylight on Sunday, March 27th, 1921, the body of Joe A. Daniels was found floating in Clarks river. Iiis son, the appellant, Van Daniels, was charged by indictment with having murdered him, either by drowning or administering wood alcohol, but by which method was not known, and upon trial he was convicted and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.

To reverse that judgment he complains that the trial court erred in refusing his motion- for a directed verdict, and in refusing to grant him a new trial upon…