Vaughn v. Commonwealth

MO REMEN, Justice.

Appellant, Nathan Vaughn, was found guilty of maliciously shooting and wounding his former wife, Mae Vaughn, with the intention of killing her, and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of twelve years.

After the divorce had been granted, an indictment for child desertion had been returned against appellant and he had gone to the State of Indiana.

Mae Vaughn lived with her three children, whose ages ranged from four to twelve years,, in a little three room house at the narrow head of a hollow where they were hemmed in by mountains. On…