LATIMER, Justice.
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...
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