Hawley v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

On Christmas Eve, 1919, Wib' ITawley shot and killed a boy named Delman Collier in Letcher county, for which Hawley was indicted for willful murder, but on a trial was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at eight years’ confinement in the state penitentiary. He appeals.

He pleaded- not guilty and insisted that he fired in self-defense. From the evidence we learn that the homicide occurred at a country store late on December 24th while a considerable crowd was in and about the store. Both appellant and deceased were more…