State v. Hurst

MeRedith, Judge:

Charles Hurst was convicted of murder in the second degree for the slaying of Lester Flanigan, and was sentenced to serve fourteen years in the penitentiary. He seeks now to reverse that judgment, chiefly upon the ground that the verdict is unsupported by the law and the evidence in the ease.

Defendant does not deny the killing, but invokes the law of self-defense. At the time it occurred, defendant, along with his two sisters and younger brother, resided with their parents near Katylick Run, Harrison County. On the evening of August 12, 1921, defendant with other members of…