Ray v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner;

Reversing.

On Saturday morning August 30,1930, Melvin Bran-ham shot and killed his uncle Toy marriage, Sam Wright, and was himself shot and killed by Ms-first cousin Henry Branham. An indictment was returned charging Melvin Branham, then deceased, and 'Charley Ray with the murder of Sam Wright, the indictment charges Melvin Branham did the killing and was aided and abetted by Ray, and, when Ray was tried on June 9, 1931, he was found guilty of manslaughter, his punishment fixed at twelve years in the penitentiary, his motion for a new trial was…