Phelan v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the criminal court of Davidson county of murder in the second degree for the hilling of R. T. Townes, and his punishment fixed by the jury, at confinement in the State prison for a period of ten years. He has appealed in error.

*486The record reveals 'that deceased and defendant were men over sixty years of age. The deceased Townes was the son-in-law of defendant Phelan, having married the daughter of the latter about two years before the homicide. The deceased at that time was about sixty-four years of age and the daughter of defendant only about…