Hall v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant, T. G-. Hall, was superintendent of certain mining properties at Ligón in Floyd county. He shot and inflicted a superficial wound on Famer Halbert, for which he has been convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. The injured man was a deputy sheriff, but, except that he had gone to the place and levied an attachment on property under the appellant’s supervision, the fact that he was an officer had little or nothing whatever to do with the affray. The parties had been friendly, and the shooting was the result…