Coleman v. Hager

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Reversing.

On August 18, 1946, appellee, Butler Coleman, and Lawson Hager had difficulty which resulted in Lawson Hager losing his life by a stab wound at the hands of Butler Coleman. Hager died from this wound 7 days later. Coleman was indicted, tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed by the jury at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 21 years. However, this judgment of conviction was reversed by this court in Coleman v. Commonwealth, 304 Ky. 115, 200 S. W. 2d 151.

Pursuant to KRS 411.150, the widow and infant…