Hacker v. Commonwealth

Opinion or the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing.

The appellant, Jack Hacker, and his brother, Henry Hacker, were jointly indicted for the murder of Charley Maness. The appellant, Jack Hacker, was given a separate trial and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He appeals, and asks a reversal upon the ground that the instruction upon self-defense was erroneous.

1. It would serve no useful purpose to give a detailed account of the testimony; it is sufficient to say the evidence justified an instruction upon self-defense.

The court gave the following instruction upon that subject:

“If you shall…