Amburgey v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Tilpord

— Affirming.

Cuba Amburgey was convicted of killing Arco Angel and sentenced to two years’ confinement in tbe penitentiary. He has appealed, insisting that tbe verdict is so flagrantly against tbe weight of tbe evidence that we should not permit it to stand, and that tbe Court should have eliminated tbe possibility of bis conviction of voluntary manslaughter by instructing on murder alone. A summary of tbe facts is therefore required.

Tbe scene of tbe shooting was a Holy Roller night tent meeting, at which tbe exhibition and handling of four rattlesnakes…