Gibson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin

Affirming.

Appellants, Marion Gibson, George Gibson and Whiz Lee, are respectively the two sons and son-in-law of the appellant Steve Gibson, the four of whom, together with Gilbert Gibson, were indicted for the murder of Marvin Cnmmings, a deputy sheriff of Clinton county. The tragedy occurred at the court house in Albany, about sundown, March 6,1920.

Gilbert Gibson having disappeared, the others were tried and found guilty; three of them were given sentences of 18 years in the penitentiary and the fourth, George Gibson, was given two years.

The facts and…