Copley v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

On January 2, 1919, Millard Copley shot and killed Oliver Fraser in the county of Carlisle. Copley was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter, and appeals from a judgment fixing his punishment at fourteen years ’ confinement in the state penitentiary.

At the time of the homicide appellant was employed by the United States in maintaining the government lights on the. Mississippi river, and resided near the river, in Carlisle county. On December 31, 1918, the deceased, Oliver Fraser, and James Walker, who were engaged…