Claxton v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Affirming.

Appellant, Sam Claxton, who had been jointly indicted with a number of other defendants for the murder of Willie Wilson and tried separately, was found guilty of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years. This appeal is prosecuted from the judgment of the McCreary circuit court so convicting him.

Appellant and his codefendant, Willie Smith, appear to have been awarded a contract by the county board of education of McCreary county for furnishing coal to certain schools of the county. Mark Wilson…