Quinn v. Commonwealth
Quinn v. Commonwealth
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Involuntary manslaughter is the killing of another in doing some unlawful act, but without an intention to kill, and this may be either when the act is directed against the person killed, or when it is directed against another person or thing and kills one not intended to be hurt. 4 Black. Comm. (Chase’s ed.) 940; Conner v. Commonwealth, 13 Bush (Ky.) 714.
In this case the parties mutually agreed to leave the store and fight in the public road. Appellant first left the store room and took his position in the highway, and as the deceased approached he threw a stone at him, but failed to strike him; and the deceased continuing to approach, the appellant picked up a stone, weighing about two pounds, and when deceased was near enough threw it so as to strike him upon the head, and this blow the jury has found caused his death.
The evidence is conclusive, from the use of the stone, its size, and the proximity of the deceased to appellant, that the latter threw the
After his agreement to fight he deliberately goes to the place designated, and when his adversary approaches begins to use deadly missiles, and in their use killed the ^deceased.
The judgment is affirmed.
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