12 Ky. Op. 665 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1884
Opinion by
The court instructed the jury that if the killing was the result of and occasioned by lawless and reckless handling of the pistol by the defendant his offense was manslaughter. There was no error in this instruction because it is sustained by text law and the decision in the case of Chrystal v. Commonwealth, 9 Bush (Ky.) 669.
Besides this, it alone was applicable to the facts proved. The evidence clearly shows that the appellant while laboring under the influence of whiskey was threatening harm to another, and in
These facts did not authorize the exposition of the law of involuntary manslaughter to the jury, because the appellant’s act was not simply unlawful; it also tended to the destruction of human life and was calculated to result in injury which he is presumed to have understood.
The other instructions commented on by counsel were correct. Wherefore the judgment is affirmed. '