Hunter v. Commonwealth

*439Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

The appellant, William B. Hunter, who was charged in the indictment with the murder of Bena Wilson, was convicted under the voluntary manslaughter statute and his punishment fixed at from two to five years in the State penitentiary. The facts disclosed by the evidence are substantially as follows:

It appears that Hunter and Rena Wilson had known each other for some time, but it is not entirely clear what the relations between them were. On the afternoon of the day she was killed Rena Wilson purchased a pistol, and after it had been loaded in the…