Lucas v. Commonwealth

*425Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing..

The appellant, Lucas, was indicted for the murder of John "W. Harlin. Upon his trial he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and given an indeterminate sentence of from two to twenty-one years in the penitentiary. He appeals.

Lucas was a sawyer, working at the White Stone quarry near Bowling Creen; while Harlin was the superintendent of the quarry. The office occupied by the superintendent was situated between the quarry and the cottage in which Lucas lived, and about 150 yards from the cottage. The shooting occurred on June 17, 1912, while…