Dixon v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Van Sant, Commissioner

— Reversing.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of manslaughter and sentenced to serve two years in the state reformatory. He asks reversal on the grounds that the court erred in refusing to permit the introduction of competent evidence and that the verdict is flagrantly against the law and the evidence. The first objection may be disposed of in a few words. Counsel for appellant did not make an avowal as to what the witness would have testified had he been permitted to answer the question which was objected to by the commonwealth’s attorney. It…