Veteto v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

Otha Barton and Oscar Yeteto were jointly indicted for the murder of Cecil Woollen. On a separate trial Veteto was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for eight years. He appeals.

The homicide occurred on Saturday evening, June 28, 1930, at a church near Olaton, in Ohio county, where services were being conducted. The evidence disclosed that, at the suggestion of one or the other, Barton and Woollen left the church and went down the road a short distance where they engaged in a fight. During the fight Barton struck…