Ewers v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

At a dance in the gymnasium of the Louisa High School on the evening of February 2, 1940, William Ewers seriously cut James Frazier. He appeals from a conviction of maliciously cutting and wounding with intent to kill, carrying a sentence of three years in prison.

Both parties were 18 years old at the time and had been intimate friends and companions. Ewers was sober; Frazier was intoxicated. According to Frazier, while he was dancing with a certain young lady, Ewers roughly cut in, and when told “This is a no-break,” Ewers hit him in the…