KNIGHT, Justice.
Under an indictment for murder, appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his penalty fixed at twelve years in the penitentiary. He appeals from that judgment, asking reversal on two grounds: (1) that the court erred in failing to sustain his motion for peremptory instructions; (2) improper argument of the Commonwealth's Attorney.
The case follows the pattern of many killings in the mining section and had its origin in a dispute...
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