Howard v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Justice.

Appellant, Galen Howard, was indicted for the murder of Jack Begley at the September Term, 1950, of the Perry circuit court. At a trial on the 8th day of November, 1950, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 10 years confinement in the state reformatory. He appeals, relying upon the following grounds for reversal.(1) That the verdict of the jury is excessive and flagrantly against the law and evidence; (2) that the court should have peremptorily instructed the jury to return a verdict for the appellant; (3) that the court erred in its…