STEWART, Judge.
Virgil Nicholas, tried under an indictment charging him with the wilful murder of Virgil Dowdy, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to prison for twenty-one years. He admitted the killing but claimed self-defense as a justification. No contention is here made that the Commonwealth's evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict; therefore, we deem it unnecessary to set forth the facts relative to the slaying. The chief ground urged...
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