Gibson v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner.

Reversing.

In a drunken brawl Bud Slone was killed. For it John Gibson and Tony Slone, the appellants, and Colonel Gibson were convicted of manslaughter. Colonel Gibson has dismissed an appeal filed by him. The appellants seek a reversal of the judgment upon several grounds.

A decision of the case does not require a statement of the facts except to say that it is claimed by the appellants that John Gibson shot Bud Slone in self-defense.

In the self-defense instruction the court advised the jury that, thQugh they might believe and find from the…