Reynolds v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settlp?

-Reversing.

Tbe appellant, William Reynolds, was tried in the court below under an indictment charging him with the crime of murder, the person killed being Fount Edwards. The juryj by their verdict, found appellant *376guilty of. voluntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary five years. He was refused a new trial and has appealed. Appellant is a “mine boss,” twenty-nine years of age, and in addition to a wife and two children, he had living with him a sister and brother, both in his care; the sister, Minnie, being eighteen…