Carpenter v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Coubt by

Judge Thomas

— Reversing.

On the afternoon of November 5, 1939, the appellant, Herbert Carpenter, shot and killed Victor Ashley. It occurred in front of a roadhouse in Breathitt county, Kentucky, known as Frozen Inn. He was later indicted by the grand jury of that county, charged with murder and upon his trial he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter with an attached punishment of twelve years confinement in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and from that order, and the judgment pronounced thereon, he prosecutes this appeal complaining of only…