Webster v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Reversing

J. D. Webster, Ms brother, Carl Webster, and Ms cousin Oval Webster were indicted in the Grant circuit court for the murder of Ed Mire. On the trial of J. D. Webster he was found guilty of manslaughter, and his punishment was fixed at two years in the penitentiary. He appeals.

The Websters lived near Folsom. On Christmas Eve, 1924, about 7:30 p. m., they drove into Folsom in a Ford car, and stopped at the store of the Folsom Supply Company. Carl then jacked up the car, and went to work to fix the tire, which was flat. While he was at work on…