Stumbo v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

Walk 'Stumbo, Basil Hamilton, and Daniel Akers were indicted for tbe murder of Lawrence Roberts. Upon a separate trial, Stumbo, the appellant, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to tlupe years’ imprisonment.

At the primary election of August 1, 1936, Stumbo and the deceased, Roberts, were officers in Tickey precinct of Floyd county. They, with others, went to Prestonsburg to deliver the ballot boxes. While in town some if not all of the parties became intoxicated. On the return trip in a truck driven by Willard Bowling, all of them…