Owens v. Commonwealth

OSBORNE, Justice.

The appellant is assistant cashier and manager of the Portland Branch of the First National Bank of Louisville. He had been vacationing near Russell Springs, Kentucky, where he was living in a cabin and fishing. On the day of the fatal occurrence in question, he arose early in the morning, went fishing, and while so engaged drank a couple of beers. It was his testimony that he returned to the cabin, where he may have had another beer, and proceeded to spray the cabin with a pesticide. Shortly after spraying the cabin he became violently ill and vomited. Later on, somewhere…