Collins & Hager v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Turner, Commissioner—

Reversing.

Appellants, Collins and Hager, together with Frank Addis and Russell Lee, were jointly indicted in the Floyd circuit court, charged with the murder of G-erard Richmond as the result of a conspiracy charged to have been theretofore entered into by them.

Addis and Lee demanded and were granted a separate. trial, and the appellants, Collins and Hager, being placed on their joint trial, were each found guilty of manslaughter and each sentenced to twenty-one years’ imprisonment, from which judgment they have appealed.

As the judgment must be…