Picklesimer v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless—

Reversing.

Appellant, Pleniy Picklesimer, was indicted and tried for the murder of his father, Jesse Picklesimer. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary.

Appellant and his father with their respective families lived as tenants on the same farm. It appears that some years ago deceased deserted his wife, the mother of appellant, and consorted with another woman; that later a divorce was procured and he married his paramour, who at the time had several illegitimate chil dren; one of them, Easter, is now grown.…