Menser v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Robinson

Reversing.

On the night of May 19, 1923, a tragic shooting occurred near the little town of Mannington, Hopkins county, in which two brothers, Charlie Menser and Will Menser, were involved, resulting in the killing of the latter and the serious wounding of the former.

It seems that Will Menser intended moving to a farm down in the country, and had requested his brother, John, and half brother, Leslie Knight, to assist him; and with this object in view late on the evening of May 19, they left their home and on the way stopped in Mannington. *608They were…