Hatfield v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Dieteman

—Affirming.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder and given a life sentence in the penitentiary. He appeals. ,

As grounds for reversal, lie urges that the verdict is flagrantly against the evidence; that the trial court erred in failing to give a self-defense instruction; and that such court should have granted a new trial because of newly discovered evidence.

The homicide occurred on a Sunday in August, 1931. The appellant, together with some of his cronies, had gone up into a hollow and there were regaling themselves with about a quart of…