State v. Brown

Litz, Judge:

Chase Brown and Clark Brown are brothers. They were indicted jointly in the circuit court of Greenbrier county for the murder of J. A. Fulcher. Electing to be tried separately, each was found guilty of murder in the first degree, with recommendation that he be confined in the penitentiary for life. The evidence is so nearly alike in both cases that they will- be treated together.

Fulcher was about sixty-five years old at the time of his death. Several years prior thereto he had married Nora Brown, who is the mother of Chase and Clark. Fulcher suffered from an organic heart trouble…