Kelley v. State

The appellants, brothers, were jointly indicted in the circuit court of Marion county of the offense of murder in the first degree. They were each convicted of murder in the first degree, and their punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. From sentences in accordance with the verdict of the jury the present joint appeal is prosecuted.

It appears from the bill of exceptions that the appellants are the sons of W. R. Kelley, and the victim of the alleged crime was the brother-in-law of the appellants, having married their sister. The defendants and their…