Gipson v. Commonwealth

Opinion--of the Court-by

Judge MgCandless

Be-versing.

Jack Gipson appeals from a conviction for ¡manslaughter fixing his punishment at twenty-one years in the penitentiary, the principal ground urged for reversal being error in instructions.' . ■

The homicide occurred on the evening of October 12, 1924, on the public highway .near a church ¡and not far from the residence of Will Lakes. Gipson, who lived in a different neighborhood, was at the logging camp of the Bond-Foley Lumber* Company in the afternoon, conversing in a social way with the employees of that company, and invited the deceased,…