Adams v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Affirming.

Appellant, Gordon Adams, indicted for murder, was tried and found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for fifteen years. He appeals.

He vigorously insists that the trial court erred in permitting' the witnesses to go too much into detail with reference to the previous difficulties between appellant and deceased, evidence of which was introduced by the Commonwealth to establish his motive for the commission of the crime charged. It is conceded that the Commonwealth was entitled to prove as tending to…