SUMPTER v. COMMONWEALTH


251 S.W.2d 852 (1952)

SUMPTER et al. v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe S. Feather, Williamsburg, for appellants.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Zeb A. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

A. F. Sumpter and his wife, Ora Sumpter, have filed a motion for an appeal from their conviction of the offense of shooting and wounding another in sudden heat of passion. Each of them was sentenced to serve six months in jail and pay a fine of $500.

The appellants ran a store in the hamlet of Rockhold in Whitley County. They lived on the second floor of the building. A porch with a roof runs across the front, which borders on a road...

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