Conway v. State

Appellant was tried in the circuit court of Perry county for the crime of the murder of one Abe Culpepper and convicted of manslaughter. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of fifteen years, and from that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant and Culpepper, the deceased, were brothers-in-law, the former having married the sister of the latter. They lived in the country in Perry county about half a mile apart. There were other families in the neighborhood. Appellant shot Culpepper to death with a pistol in the latter’s home between seven and eight o’clock at night. The…