Hall v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellant, James Frank Hall, upon his trial in the Fayette circuit court, under an indictment charging him with the murder of-John Crawley, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty-one years. Seeking a reversal of the judgment rendered upon that verdict, he prosecutes this appeal. Many grounds are stated in the motion and reasons for a new trial, filed by appellant, hut his counsel on this appeal refer in their brief to only four, they being, (1) newly *74discovered…