Stevens v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 5. — PROSECUTION AGAINST R. FLEM STEVENS FOR MURDER. Appeal from Ohio Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals.. POITS AND AUTHORITIES. I. There is no proof to support an issue of manslaughter, and instructions “II, III and IV” were, therefore, erroneous.
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CASE 5. — PROSECUTION AGAINST R. FLEM STEVENS FOR MURDER. Appeal from Ohio Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Defendant convicted and appeals.. POITS AND AUTHORITIES. I. There is no proof to support an issue of manslaughter, and instructions “II, III and IV” were, therefore, erroneous. (Mackey v. Commonwealth, 80 Ky., page 347; Slagel v. Commonwealth, 81 Ky., page 485; Justice v. Commonwealth, 20 L. R., 390; Montgomery v. Commonwealth, 23 L. R., 732; Stovall v. Commonwealth, 23 L. R., 103; Coffman v. Commonwealth, 51 Ky., 18 B. Mon., 35; Mahian v. Commonwealth, 21 Ky. L. R., 1808.)…
1Opinion of the Court
. Opinion of the Court by
Judge Settle—
Reversing.
The appellant, R. Flem Stevens, was indicted and tried in the Ohio circuit court for the murder of W. L. G-rawbarger. The jury by their verdict found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and fixed his punishment at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary. Appellant was refused a new trial in the lower court, and now asks of this court a reversal of the judgment appealed from.
Appellant, at the time of the homicide, was marshal of the town of McHenry, and having been- sent for by a barber to remove the deceased from the vicinity *36of bis shop'…
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