Canterberry v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless

Reversing.

John Canterberry was tried in the Carter circuit court on a charge of murder, found guilty.of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for 21 years. On this appeal it is insisted that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence, and that the court erred in the introduction of evidence and in an admonition to the trial jury.

The facts are these: On Monday morning the 21st of June, 1926, the appellant shot and killed his son Jesse Canterbury. At the time appellant was driving a small motor truck, and the deceased was standing on the…