CULLEN, Commissioner.
Thomas Cooper shot and killed his brother Ernest with a .22 rifle. He was indicted for murder, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary.
He appeals, claiming two grounds of error. The first ground is that the verdict was flagrantly against the evidence, on the theory that the evidence established that he shot in self-defense.
The shooting took place in the family dwelling in Louisville...
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