Leigh v. People

John Leigh was indicted in the Christian county circuit court, with his father, Emanuel T. Leigh, for the murder of James Eigby. The venue was changed to Fayette county, and the defendants were tried at the February term, 1884. The jury acquitted Emanuel T. Leigh, and found John Leigh guilty of manslaughter, and fixed the term of his imprisonment in the penitentiary at five years. A motion for a new trial was made and overruled, and judgment entered upon the verdict. The defendant John Leigh prosecutes this writ of error.

The alleged dying declarations of James Eigby, testified to by the…