Maulding v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

Under an indictment charging Mm with the murder of Barney Nickols, the appellant Maulding was found guilty and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for life. The chief and, in fact, only substantial ground upon which a reversal is asked is that the court committed prejudicial error in failing to give instructions on involuntary manslaughter and insanity.

The correctness of the instructions given must be ■tested by the evidence, and so before setting out the instructions given and taking up the question as to others that counsel urge should have…