Burton v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Rees

Affirming.

The appellant, Lige Burton, was indicted for mur der and on his trial was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

He seeks to reverse the judgment on two grounds —insufficiency of the evidence and errors of the trial court in its rulings oh the admission of evidence.

Appellant shot and killed Owen Alley .on January 3, 1933, on a public highway near the home of John Ed Burton in Adair county. Ill feeling had existed between the parties for several months and there is evidence that Alley had made threats against…