Woodard v. Commonwealth

Opinion qf iiie -Court, by

Drury, .Commissioner

Affirming.

On Sunday, September 11-, 1927,. Bill Middleton wa$ slain. Nobe Woodard, Sampson Hensley,- Paul Hensley, and Henry Scott were jointly charged by indictment with his murder. They were all tried together. Henry Scott and Paul Hensley were acquitted. Nobe Woodard and Sampson Hensley were found guilty of manslaughter, and their punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for 10 years.' To reverse the judgment entered upon that verdict, they have prosecuted this appeal.

These defendants, and a number of others, were present at a Sunday…