Ray v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming.

The appellant, Ed Ray, shot and killed Dwight Alcock in the city of Paducah. The homicide was followed by an indictment charging appellant with the crime of voluntary manslaughter. The trial resulted in his convic*801tion of the crime charged; his punishment being fixed by the verdict of the jury at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of eighteen years. He was refused a new trial by the circuit court and has appealed.

The homicide occurred about ten and a half o’clock at night, in front of a saloon. Each of the participants was armed with a…