Commonwealth v. Letherman

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

The defendant was convicted of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to the Allegheny County Workhouse for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years. The indictment charged him with the murder of Viola Dennis on August 18, 1934, in the County of Westmoreland. At the time of the homicide charged the victim was twenty-three years of age and the defendant twenty-five. They had been “keeping company” with each other for four years. On August 17, 1934, they met each other by appointment and drove in a motor car from Donora towards…