Compton v. Commonwealth

This case is here upon a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Russell county, sentencing the defendant, John Compton, to a term of five years in the penitentiary, upoh a conviction of voluntary manslaughter.

The undisputed facts are: On the morning of the 15th day of August, 1932, the deceased, Melvin Strouth, a cousin and brother-in-law of the defendant, went to the home of Charles Compton (a brother of defendant), and, observing one of his horses hitched near by, inquired of Mrs. Grace Compton the reason for his- horse being there. Mrs. Compton informed Strouth that his son…