Catron v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge O’Rear

Affirming.

This appeal is prosecuted, from a judgment of conviction for voluntary manslaughter, under which appellant is sentenced to twenty-one years’ confinement in' the State penitentiary. There was but little provocation for the homicide, and no justification.

*62The parties were young men, of good reputation, living in a remote part of Wayne county. They were neighbors, and there appears no cause for hostile feeling between them. They and others were attending a religious meeting being held at Edward’s Chapel. A boyish prank between younger members of the…