Crigger v. Commonwealth

Judge Latimer

Ee ver sing.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 21 years confinement. He is here urging reversal insisting the court erred (1) in qualification of the self-defense instruction, and (2) in admitting incompetent evidence.

In order to get a correct picture for our consideration of the grounds above, we will briefly, but substantially, set out the evidence for the Commonwealth. Mrs. Varney, widow of the deceased, stated that the difficulty began while her husband was sitting in the yard. She said that she was in the kitchen and “the first…