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MONROE v. COMMONWEALTH

343 S.W.2d 143 (1961)

Col MONROE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 10, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rose, Columbia, Hobson L. James, Elizabethtown, Raymond Bossmeyer, W.S. Heidenberg, Louisville, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Wayne J. Carroll, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

BIRD, Chief Justice.

Col Monroe, a merchant, shot and killed Carroll Vertrees. He was indicted for wilful murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of twelve years. He appeals.

He complains that the evidence does not support the verdict.

Col Monroe and his son, Bill Monroe, and Carroll Vertrees and his son, Bobby Vertrees, had been drinking together for several hours. One...

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