Richie v. Commonwealth

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The appellant, Mary Miller Richie, after two hung juries, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of her husband, Kerman Richie, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. She seeks a reversal of the judgment.upon the ground that such a clear case of self-defense was established the court should have directed an acquittal.' Other points raised need not bé considered.

We first recite the undisputed facts. The parties, with their four small children, lived on Bear Branch of Troublesome Creek ins Knott County. Their home was inaccessible-, except on horseback…