Mays v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Ratliff

Affirming

Tbe appellant, Albert Mays, was indicted and tried in tbe Bell circuit court for tbe murder of Ross Barker, and convicted for manslaughter. His punishment was fixed at 15 years in the penitentiary. He appeals.

A consideration of this case and a proper disposition of the question presented requires a resume of the evidence. That in behalf of the commonwealth shows about the 24th of February, 1931, Ross Barker, the deceased, and his companions were in Middlesboro, when they engaged in conversation as to where they could procure whisky. It was…