Chatt v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

In a mining camp called Ajax, shortly after 1:30 a. m., Angnst 1, 1935, Price Chatt shot and killed Collie Lykins. Chatt was indicted for mnrder. At his first trial had on December 4, 1935, the jury failed to agree. He was tried again on March 14, 1936, was convicted -of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary. His motion and grounds for a new trial were overruled, and from the judgment that followed this appeal is prosecuted.

The Men Involved.

Slayer and slain had worked together in this mining camp and for…