Beard v. Commonwealth

*633Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

In an altercation that suddenly arose between the appellant Robert Beard and Dan Morris, the appellant stabbed Morris with'a knife and from the effects of the wound he immediately died. The parties, for many) years and until a few moments before the homicide had apparently been friends. Aside from the appellant, the only eye witness to the tragedy was Robert Morris, a brother of deceased and the father-inJaw of appellant. From his testimony it appears that the daughter of the deceased was receiving attentions from a young man named Riley, and that…