Lynch v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and Ms punisMnent fixed at fifteen years’ confinement in the state reformatory.

It is first insisted that the verdict is not supported by the evidence.

The facts are these: Appellant and deceased, Sterling Marcum, lived in the same neighborhood, and their relations had always been friendly. On the night of October 21,1922, religious services were being conducted in the Lynchtown sehoolhouse, which is located in Estill county not far from the Jackson county line. Appellant and the deceased attended the meeting, and…