Sizemore v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing.

Logan Sizemore was indicted for the murder cf Grant North; and having been convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of from 2 to 21 years in the penitentiary, he appeals.

The tragedy occurred on Christmas day 1913, at the home of Nick Turner, the father-in-law of North. Size-more lived on White Oak Creek,, in Leslie County, and Turner lived on the same creek, about a mile above Size-more’s residence. A number of persons, including North, had assembled at Turner’s for the purpose of joining in the holiday amusements.

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