Howard v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

Appellant was convicted, of voluntary manslaughter and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of twelve years.

The deceased, Alton Wireman, a young man nineteen years of age, .lived with his father, Proctor Wire-man, about three miles above Royalton. Early on the day of the homicide Proctor Wireman left his home and went to Royalton. Appellant was also in Royalton, and the evidence shows that both he and Proctor Wireman had been drinking. A little after dark, appellant met Proctor Wireman and two others. According to the…