Pratt v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Creak, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Bill Pratt, convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years, is appealing.

Grounds urged for reversal in substance are (1) that after the case had been submitted to the jury a nephew of one of the jurors was shot and killed within the hearing of the jurors who later learned who had been killed and who was charged with the killing; (2) refusal of the court to continue the case on showing made by appellant; (3) improper and prejudicial remarks by an attorney for the commonwealth in arguing tbe case with reference…