Hensley v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

About 9 p. m., May 21,1929, Angie Hensley shot and killed her husband, George Hensley. Upon her trial, which began on September 10, 1930, under an indictment charging her with murder, her claim of self-defense was rejected by the jury, she was found guilty of manslaughter, her punishment was fixed at five years in the penitentiary, and, the court having overruled her motion for a new trial, she has appealed. As one of her grounds for reversal is a claim that this verdict is flagrantly against the evidence, we shall state the evidence briefly.