Tull v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

On his trial under an indictment in the Jessamine circuit court for the murder of George Bowman, the appellant, Nathaniel Tull, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed by the verdict of the jury at confinement in the penitentiary for the period of twenty-one years. From the judgment pronounced on *414that verdict, and the order overruling his motion for a new trial, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The only grounds urged for a reversal are (1) that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, and (2) that defendant’s…