Campbell v. Commonwealth

Huron Campbell, who will hereafter be referred to as the accused or the defendant, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Amherst county, Virginia, for feloniously killing and murdering one Sam J. Mays. He was tried and found by a jury to be guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary, which verdict was sustained by the trial court.

The evidence, which is quite voluminous, will not be stated at any length. It is deemed sufficient to give a terse statement of the important facts.

The accused is- a- married man twenty-four years old. His family…