Bryant v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming.

Eldon Bryant appeals from a judgment convicting-him of manslaughter and fixing his punishment at fifteen years’ imprisonment.

The indictment on which this trial and conviction: were had was returned by the grand jury at the July,, 1937, term of the Breathitt circuit court, wherein Bryant was charged with the willful murder of Herman Gross, by shooting and killing him.

It is shown by the evidence that this homicide occurred about dark on the evening of - May 3, 1937, at.' Highland College in Breathitt county, Ky., where the school’s commencement…