Crabtree v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Clay

— Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting appellant of the crime of maliciously shooting at his wife with the intent to kill her, but without wounding her, and fixing his punishment at one year’s imprisonment in the state reformatory.

The facts are these: Appellant and his wife had become estranged. She and the Children occupied the residence, while he lived in his blacksmith’s shop near by. It is claimed, however, that he and his wife occasionally visited each other. On the occasion in question, appellant’s wife and two daughters were…