Walker v. Commonwealth

Opinión op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

Jim Walker was indicted in the Carter circuit court for the murder of Jonathan Branham. On the trial of the case he was found guilty of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at five years? imprisonment. He appeals.

Shortly before August 12, 1929, John Russell and Perlina Click were married, and on that night a number of neighbors and friends congregated at his home for the purpose of givng a “shivaree,” or, as they say, a “belling” party. Appellant, Walker, arrived about 7:30 or 8 p. m. He walked into a back room of the house where several…