Morgan v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Reversing.

George Morgan, appellant, and wife, Emma Morgan, were jointly indicted by the Leslie county grand jury on March 25, 1934, on a charge of murder. Morgan was charged with having fired the shot which killed Dorothy Dixon, aiid his wife as having been accessory. They were tried together and were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for thirteen years.

A motion for new trial was sustained as to Emma Morgan, but overruled as to George Morgan. Judgment was entered upon the verdict, and…