Cottrell v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

— Affirming.

The appellant, John Will Cottrell, has appealed from a judgment of the Spencer circuit court, sentencing him to confinement in the state penitentiary for 21 years as the result of his conviction of voluntary manslaughter at the March, 1937, term of that court.

The material facts in this case, as disclosed by the record, appear to be very clearly established by the testimony given by the accused in his own behalf and are, for the most part, uncontradicted.

These facts involved upon this appeal are, briefly summarized and for the most part as stated…