Crum v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson —

Reversing.

Thi-s appeal by Arthur Crum seeks a reversal of the judgment finding him guilty of. voluntary manislaughte-r and fixing his punishment at four years’ confinement in the state prison. On Thanksgiving Bay, 1921, Crum and the deceased, Hal-1, and two other men were -drinking whiskey along the railroad in Floyd connty. They were first seen above the water tank, when there was some disagreement between Crnm and Hall, and later they went under the water tank to shelter from a rain and Hall and Crnm had some controversy there during which Crum took a…