State v. Preece

Kenna, Judge :

H. W. Preece was convicted in the circuit court of Mingo County of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of W. K. Fine at Williamson on February 10, 1934'. To the judgment of the court sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, he prosecutes this writ of error.

Self-defense in the protection of his home was relied upon by the defendant, and, since the assignments of error are in the main based upon the state of the proof, it will be necessary to give the evidence in some detail.

The deceased, W. K. Fine, was a man of medium height, weighing about 150 pounds…