Poe v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry.

Reversing.

The appellant, D. C. Poe, appeals from a verdict and judgment of the Hopkins circuit court, by which he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary under an indictment for the willful murder of John Hankins.

The facts appear to he these: The killing occurred at the home of appellant near Dalton, Hopkins county, Ky. He was standing on his front porch with his wife’ little son, and mothér-in-law when he shot and killed John Hankins. The shooting occurred on Sunday after noon, September 4,1930. Poe and Ms…