Court of Appeals of Kentucky November 23, 1906 (Watkins v. Commonwealth)

Opinion by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

The appellant, Green Watkins, his brother, Clay Watkins, and eonsin, Elliott Collins, were jointly indicted in the Breathitt circuit court for the murder of Lee Manns. Appellant was accorded a separate trial, and the jury by the verdict returned found him guilty of voluntary man-slaughter, and fixed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary 10 years.