Legal Opinion

Hotchkiss v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided May 1, 1934PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

E. L. Hotchkiss appeals from a judgment convicting him of manslaughter and fixing his punishment .at 10 years’ imprisonment.

Complaint is made of the admission of certain evidence, but as appellant did not object to, or move to exclude, the evidence, the error, if any, is not available on appeal. Crawford v. Commonwealth, 242 Ky. 458, 46 S. W. (2d) 762.

The .insistence that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence requires a statement of the facts. Appellant operates a sawmill and lives on a tract of land on Cowan creek in Letcher county. The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ellis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  2. Colon v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923
  3. Crawford v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bryant v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938

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