Amburgy v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Tilpord

Reversing.

Appellant killed Henry Williams by shooting Mm with a pistol; and tMs appeal is from a judgment convicting bim of voluntary manslaughter and imposing a penalty of fifteen years confinement in the peniteniary. The homicide occurred on the front porch of the Williams ’ home at Black Mountain during the early morning hours of Sunday, January 28, 1945, following an invita tion to appellant, extended by Williams or one of his guests, to ‘ ‘ come over here. ’ ’ Appellant, who played the guitar, Scott Moore, a fiddler, their wives, and Ed Doss…