Meade v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

On their joint trial for the murder of Townsel Martin, Buck Layne was acquitted and Irvine Meade was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 21 years’ imprisonment. Meade appeals.

Briefly stated, the facts are these: The homicide took place late one Sunday afternoon on or near the premises of appellant. Earlier in the afternoon a crowd of men, who were more or less intoxicated, had gone down the road past appellant’s home, and at a point 300 or 400 yards away they discharged their pistols. ■ Responding to the spirit of the occasion,…