Delaney v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

On the night of January 13, 1947, David Gough, a man about 80 years of age, was brutally killed in his home as a result of choking and beating. His mutilated body was not discovered until more than 36 hours after his death. For the death of Gough, appellant Troy Delaney was convicted of murder in the first degree; and in this appeal presents the assignments herein discussed.

I. The Sufficiency of the Evidence. On the morning of January 13, 1947, Troy Delaney was released from the Washington county jail, where he had been confined on a charge of drunkenness; and at the…